PT-2018-1561 · Microsoft · Windows 10 Servers+3

Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2018-11-02 · CVE-2018-8441

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 Subsystem for Linux versions (affected versions not specified) Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to an integer overflow in the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

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

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01116

CVE-2018-8441

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 10 Servers

Windows Subsystem For Linux

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8441 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-8441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01116 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8441 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041641 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105271 · Note