cve/2017/CVE-2017-8472.md

### [CVE-2017-8472](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8472)
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### Description

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012 allow an authenticated attacker to run a specially crafted application when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8470, CVE-2017-8471, CVE-2017-8473, CVE-2017-8475, CVE-2017-8477, and CVE-2017-8484.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42225/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.