Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8140 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	104354
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2018-8140
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jun 12 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 12 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	Ron Marcovich, Yuval Ron, Amichai Shulman, Tal Be'ery, and Cedric Cochin of McAfee�??s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) Team.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 0 Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems 0 Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 for x64-based Systems 0 Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 0
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8140 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary command with elevated privileges.

Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8140 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8140 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Microsoft Windows Cortana CVE-2018-8140 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Homepage (Microsoft)
  
• CVE-2018-8140 | Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Microsoft)