PT-2018-18551 · Microsoft · Windows 7+8

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 7 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT 8.1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 10

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists due to a check failure by Windows, allowing a sandbox escape. This issue affects various Windows operating systems.

Recommendations For Windows 7, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2012 R2, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows RT 8.1, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2008, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2012, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows 8.1, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2008 R2, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue. For Windows 10, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8314

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8314 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8314 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-8314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8314 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041263 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104652 · Note