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Microsoft CVE-2018-8134: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8134: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/08/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/08/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel API enforces permissions. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could impersonate processes, interject cross-process communication, or interrupt system functionality. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly enforces permissions.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4103715-196f3a64-83fb-4123-a71b-3e7aa0534b4a
  • msft-kb4103715-53738d8d-be74-4aef-ae8c-8fe6be9cd854
  • msft-kb4103715-a0a512c2-5000-486b-bfea-655ac981bef3
  • msft-kb4103716-34e04a3c-fab2-4a5e-b231-a37aac882e0f
  • msft-kb4103716-8759c2a2-230b-4089-9c04-586cf2746a71
  • msft-kb4103721-eb863932-a151-446c-8884-ab5add176f94
  • msft-kb4103721-f7846ea0-3bd9-48a2-b230-0be2ad24b4ea
  • msft-kb4103721-fdd62b2a-0e40-4c06-b153-7d2f5e45f613
  • msft-kb4103723-54f93c06-1d96-40f5-bdc8-f9924dbcd522
  • msft-kb4103723-99a0b90d-2519-4700-be0c-e6c7b5bd04ec
  • msft-kb4103723-a74a9c4e-0823-4afc-8b58-cf1785a2e2b4
  • msft-kb4103727-0dae0270-e483-4c81-9914-263ec487c6c1
  • msft-kb4103727-6108aff5-77b2-4684-b1cb-749f3c040d8f
  • msft-kb4103727-c03178c9-b5d2-4c5f-819f-c8871513e23d
  • msft-kb4103731-610e3534-770e-4bab-845a-0159c0645106
  • msft-kb4103731-f80f24fa-933a-44d1-a83a-8013a727d881

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