PT-2018-1489 · Microsoft · Cortana+3

Amichai Shulman + 4 · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8253

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Server 2016 Windows 10

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Cortana, which allows arbitrary website browsing on the lockscreen. This is due to insufficient access restrictions in the virtual voice assistant Cortana in Windows operating systems. The exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01040

CVE-2018-8253

Affected Products

Cortana

Windows

Windows 10

Windows Server 2016

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01040 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8253 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8253 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-8253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8253 · Security Note
• https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343887 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041477 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105009 · Note