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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-0788: OpenType Font Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-0788: OpenType Font Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/03/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/04/2018
Modified
09/06/2024

Description

The Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (Atmfd.dll) in Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012 and R2 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "OpenType Font Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4056899
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4056898
  • msft-kb4056897-545c091b-94a6-46dc-93e2-11633b7d6de4
  • msft-kb4056897-7fa63c17-1ec4-44d9-816a-db4df3fc87bb
  • msft-kb4056897-8440894a-9832-495d-935e-a3b1f29a0e41
  • msft-kb4056897-d4619aa3-c2f9-45b9-a44a-8baf5653fb68
  • msft-kb4056897-d861dc88-89ae-4d1c-93e6-659b1fa6c50b
  • msft-kb4056897-f2fc4bd2-7c95-4f86-ad44-6bffc592693a
  • msft-kb4056898-0d3e73e9-7aee-45b1-bddd-ce6148027c5c
  • msft-kb4056898-e49bf5fe-3b30-4481-a05f-7430b7781056
  • msft-kb4056899-36017692-111d-4d1a-89b1-c84d62e29bdb
  • msft-kb4056899-b32ad9e9-eb8a-43dc-b203-c281a3dbe29a
  • msft-kb4056941-07bbb7a4-51a7-4cd1-976c-7496af67861a
  • msft-kb4056941-25758738-2a2c-4d25-9d53-94419268a88e
  • msft-kb4056941-42d16f86-5bf4-496e-aced-e3a086a7f089
  • msft-kb4056941-f9524657-ed12-43a4-ac5e-c689063c0173

References

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