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Microsoft CVE-2018-0742: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-0742: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/13/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/13/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4074587-038b7343-567a-489c-9a7b-99359061b585
  • msft-kb4074587-12655426-1147-4823-a167-6924f81938a4
  • msft-kb4074587-4301df02-71e1-42bc-8c03-4cc5bdb33240
  • msft-kb4074587-69e514c5-3b93-4b7f-85cc-fceefccd381f
  • msft-kb4074587-6c08b956-dc76-4828-8c5f-1e3d390135f9
  • msft-kb4074587-ae42a70d-ccc6-4ef7-9590-db44662ef5c0
  • msft-kb4074588-11adea10-0701-430e-954f-9471595ae246
  • msft-kb4074588-9fc64b01-2edc-40c8-bf0d-ee3540c741f8
  • msft-kb4074588-aa46db4d-865e-48e7-9fe8-3ffedda76530
  • msft-kb4074589-0988c161-fcc9-4a26-8f86-fe981b5e3a64
  • msft-kb4074589-0f25d490-4286-470c-8d1d-6a9ad4106b42
  • msft-kb4074589-91ffcd5b-5628-49af-92f5-ed9babfde70d
  • msft-kb4074590-c7d8f24b-1f39-4a05-b66d-d0cda05ff280
  • msft-kb4074590-e990e36e-fd8f-411d-a9c1-1198447a26ce
  • msft-kb4074590-f5f58231-ac5d-4640-ab1b-9dc8d857c265
  • msft-kb4074591-041d42cd-eb65-4d43-a835-f5d2f502cc2d
  • msft-kb4074591-fa465771-aa6c-4594-9759-1bfb7eeab6b3
  • msft-kb4074592-2a7e4366-e91e-4b45-8775-bfc7ab0a86b0
  • msft-kb4074592-ffc8aa26-baed-4b03-84de-a404e624d747
  • msft-kb4074596-79ac13e4-3a09-40b9-9c96-be5ae591b174
  • msft-kb4074596-a5382994-9de3-4a69-ab0e-0ec90626f58a
  • msft-kb4074597-e23ec185-3ead-4c5c-bd1e-a9058cc7c06b
  • msft-kb4074597-ef515c36-d5d5-4d6d-8413-fdced1c51834
  • msft-kb4074597-f5df629a-edb7-49f1-946d-18e4f0a860f0
  • msft-kb4074603-07151347-e219-4e2a-828a-03cf0af92c9f
  • msft-kb4074603-4559ee4e-f1d0-4648-b55e-ba77aba8d7e6
  • msft-kb4074603-5215e000-361f-4143-8815-d7870de5b8ee
  • msft-kb4074603-559d9fae-091c-4f35-a9b3-0a1213f79a28

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