CVE-2018-1038

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-02 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-1038 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Windows Kernel Object Memory Handling Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
XPN InfoSec Blog MISC blog.xpnsec.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 CONFIRM portal.msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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