Microsoft Windows COM Session CVE-2017-0298 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

description-logoDescription

An elevation of privilege exists in Windows when a DCOM object in Helppane.exe, configured to run as the interactive user, fails to properly authenticate the client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in another user's session.

affected-products-logoAffected Applications

Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016

CVE References

CVE-2017-0298