CVE-2018-8441HighCVSS 7.0

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
September 11, 2018
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow in Windows Subsystem for Linux. 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 correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products3

  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4457128 (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)