CVE-2018-0826HighCVSS 7.0

Windows Storage Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
February 13, 2018
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-0826 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Storage Services improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Storage Services handles objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products11

  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4074588 (Security Update) KB4074592 (Security Update) KB4074591 (Security Update) KB4074590 (Security Update)

🔗 References (5)