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Microsoft CVE-2018-8641: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8641: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/11/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel-mode driver handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4471319-3b63c573-e760-4b64-8b0c-b41b09d0c04e
  • msft-kb4471319-d7b224d2-3ed1-452b-b5fb-3c57644e6edb
  • msft-kb4471319-df6d8a77-d088-4e9c-95b6-6eb2c4b28ab2
  • msft-kb4471321-1f82da30-7a0c-4189-8206-b8bd846fc40a
  • msft-kb4471321-7df4436e-0ced-46c1-885f-8b7f28c90b57
  • msft-kb4471321-d8cbc402-b6d7-4dee-afea-4cd24f17f7a9
  • msft-kb4471322-39654137-cb30-429e-b09a-2c39055716c1
  • msft-kb4471322-9640d47a-8c7c-41b1-aadf-fd395f1e88e7
  • msft-kb4471322-ef16ea25-025f-4781-b5b2-1b10037c0bf6
  • msft-kb4471323-0442e432-26cc-4a49-83fe-58f23a8faf88
  • msft-kb4471323-1f48ea87-9464-4a31-8b37-97bd8be11607
  • msft-kb4471324-0e2209a8-b313-4182-a691-bc0359625c49
  • msft-kb4471324-9ba7b397-2fd3-4ba9-bfee-3ed1dd3eb602
  • msft-kb4471324-b00ee170-59ea-4273-b954-98e3cdc792e2
  • msft-kb4471326-64108385-ce77-40f4-bd2c-e26ee53ea94a
  • msft-kb4471326-74621895-db6f-4e45-9013-2951b4bab044
  • msft-kb4471326-97d2cd9d-1d32-4fbc-b49d-d068f0e7adc9
  • msft-kb4471327-3cf458e0-ccb2-4d2b-aedb-ec7c5662ed3f
  • msft-kb4471327-d3230f4d-8567-48b1-84a5-01a6297f6c0d
  • msft-kb4471328-2ba588ed-ee5a-4e23-87fe-ee2c66364f56
  • msft-kb4471328-5a2ac57b-10da-460f-bc0e-83034074c293
  • msft-kb4471328-68bfcb28-4719-4baf-9183-d9952f6b613f
  • msft-kb4471328-d3c0ddcf-bea9-42e1-97f8-f6dbdd1df6b1
  • msft-kb4471328-e65f4aeb-c84f-4a37-bb62-083dfac7c6eb
  • msft-kb4471328-f8033a1b-bc42-40db-ab0d-427eb5de19ca
  • msft-kb4471329-4596bf15-3446-45d2-b7ee-f8f13d8975c8
  • msft-kb4471329-8397c215-e9e9-4016-9c86-a53138d613ad
  • msft-kb4471329-d0c3a1b3-42d6-447b-b120-4553beaa0b0b
  • msft-kb4471332-3761d6e6-6044-4ef8-968e-cb9b2f4e278b
  • msft-kb4471332-6e676d6c-db05-4979-b1ab-0aa1e81413ee
  • msft-kb4471332-a065b5b1-6a82-42e6-9f77-3f1cd1467717

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