CVE-2017-0001

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Mar 17, 2017
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Sep 9, 2016

Description

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0005, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows GDIMicrosoft Corporation	The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607Affected

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0001
1038002vdb-entry
96057vdb-entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0001government-resource

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