CVE-2018-8253

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-8253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-15 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Cortana allows arbitrary website browsing on the lockscreen, aka "Microsoft Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1607 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1607 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8253 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8253 CONFIRM portal.msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Cortana Lets Physically Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com 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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