PT-2018-9866 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2016+10

Honggang Ren · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-1040

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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 2016 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers

Description: A denial of service issue exists in the way that the Windows Code Integrity Module performs hashing. This allows attackers to affect the system.

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 2016, 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. For Windows 10 Servers, apply the necessary patch to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1040

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 10 Servers

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2016

References · 8

• 🔥 https://fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/microsoft-windows-remote-kernel-crash-vulnerability.html · Exploit
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1040 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1040 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1040 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-1040 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041112 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104389 · Note