PT-2019-9242 · Microsoft · Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Tomohisa Hasegawa · Published 2019-01-09 · Updated 2021-10-18 · CVE-2018-16177

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Modify module for Security Measures tool. This vulnerability allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16177

Affected Products

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16177 · Security Note
• https://f-security.jp/v6/support/information/100193.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15709478/index.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21612 · Telegram Post