CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/13/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-0820 since 12/01/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/03/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106800 (KB4074597: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 February 2018 Security Update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91432 (Microsoft Windows Security Update February 2018).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106800). The entries 113222, 113229, 113230 and 113238 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 106800
Nessus Name: KB4074597: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 February 2018 Security Update
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OpenVAS ID: 703266
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4074598)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/01/2017 🔍02/13/2018 🔍
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02/14/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0820 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1040373
SecurityFocus: 102945 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-0820 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 02/14/2018 09:23Updated: 02/03/2021 14:45
Changes: 02/14/2018 09:23 (87), 01/04/2020 17:34 (5), 02/03/2021 14:45 (4)
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