Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-8611 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability



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

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Information

Bugtraq ID: 106082
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2018-8611

Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 11 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 07 2019 05:00AM
Credit: Igor Soumenkov of Kaspersky Lab Boris Larin of Kaspersky Lab
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 1803 0
Microsoft Windows Server 1709 0
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows 8.1 for 64-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 7 for x64-based Systems SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems SP1
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-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 ARM64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 version 1703 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 version 1703 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 0


Not Vulnerable:

Exploit


Report indicates that this issue is being exploited in the wild.


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