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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality in the library bowser.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 09/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/11/2018 with Baidu as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-8271 since 03/14/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser.sys kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could potentially disclose contents of System memory.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117415 (KB4457140: Windows Server 2012 September 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 371164 (Microsoft Windows Security Update September 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 (117415). The entries 123823, 123825, 123827 and 123828 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 7 SP1
• 8.1
• 10
• 10 1607
• 10 1703
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• RT 8.1
• Server 1709
• Server 1803
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2012 R2
• Server 2016

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 2.5
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 117415
Nessus Name: KB4457140: Windows Server 2012 September 2018 Security Update
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

03/14/2018 🔍
09/11/2018 +180 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-8271 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1041635
SecurityFocus: 105247 - Microsoft Windows 'bowser.sys' CVE-2018-8271 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2018 07:32
Updated: 05/08/2023 11:39
Changes: 09/12/2018 07:32 (88), 03/22/2020 15:23 (6), 05/08/2023 11:39 (5)
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