PT-2018-1305 · Microsoft · Windows 10 Servers+2

Georgios Baltas · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8233

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component, which fails to properly handle objects in memory. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient access control in the Win32k component.

Recommendations For Windows 10 and Windows 10 Servers, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00803

CVE-2018-8233

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 10 Servers

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8233 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00803 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8233 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-8233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8233 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041093 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104383 · Note