Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-05-24
• EPSS: 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 96% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official 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-2017-0001, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

CISA: The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 14 Jun 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on blogs.technet.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD
• Patch on portal.msrc.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.securityfocus.com/bid/96033Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1038002Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/03/27/detecting-and-mitigating-elevation-of-privi…ExploitMitigationPatch
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0005PatchVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource