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Microsoft CVE-2018-8408: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8408: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/13/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/13/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4467106-339c91f5-6d1d-4a41-909b-af57c1ac99a3
  • msft-kb4467106-77ada8e4-99c2-40c7-8867-e59607dc0342
  • msft-kb4467106-a62b9202-94f2-490b-a7d0-bdd73289f256
  • msft-kb4467106-aec57e1b-7d44-4547-9e12-cb875413faf2
  • msft-kb4467106-bab904d4-da6f-47a1-adeb-386a94e86000
  • msft-kb4467106-cef2f089-c315-4edb-bb16-a3ace65d86d4
  • msft-kb4467678-11014fbd-a577-4e68-99a5-1dd1ce3d6b5a
  • msft-kb4467678-1db3b379-c517-4511-9094-3e1c44cc7c1c
  • msft-kb4467678-f598871e-153b-4d69-8932-89d58e2ff38d
  • msft-kb4467680-0a666e10-bb64-4f37-8b7e-20f2b3eb235c
  • msft-kb4467680-6988d33c-8082-49f9-8e2a-f8ad8c4df1e1
  • msft-kb4467686-3c057c49-c094-4d39-9dba-7321ae3c1037
  • msft-kb4467686-83ea38af-2fcf-4204-b548-19f1c8e94dd7
  • msft-kb4467686-d0febc2d-2eef-41b1-8ed2-de28090864b2
  • msft-kb4467691-6c9fe01b-dae1-44fb-9770-61dfd0d958ce
  • msft-kb4467691-6cdb3985-d0f5-45c1-b02d-1c0d0a7a6331
  • msft-kb4467691-9851d749-ef79-4cb8-aedb-b2182030e778
  • msft-kb4467696-7d40ea9a-7aa3-4099-997a-dcbde6f09c3f
  • msft-kb4467696-ae52ed53-9c56-4ba0-9bf0-1a1a653de2dd
  • msft-kb4467700-060491ac-5f08-4c0c-8994-34b40e6cea54
  • msft-kb4467700-6c25a999-f87b-413b-8c45-069495f87552
  • msft-kb4467700-88fc944d-8d44-406d-97c7-e993f465119b
  • msft-kb4467702-2762e5c6-d255-422b-8d7b-75eecbed3f1b
  • msft-kb4467702-46021965-6b4b-40a5-9546-c4509d8a3b67
  • msft-kb4467702-6de3d9f1-4361-42ee-b29b-baddef3e7699
  • msft-kb4467703-579a9a1e-0b54-4f92-a48b-2086de3e44c5
  • msft-kb4467703-b9d9c93f-8b29-4d1c-8a54-395b4e31ccc9
  • msft-kb4467703-e4835420-ee77-4a03-95c2-6c626ee5f246

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