Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-0743: Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
4
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
01/03/2018
07/25/2018
01/04/2018
09/03/2024
Description
Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Solution(s)
- microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4056891
- microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4056892
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