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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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 published 09/11/2018 with Baidu as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-8442 since 03/14/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.

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.

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). Similar entries are available at 123825, 123827, 123828 and 123831.

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: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

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

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 4.7
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
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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09/12/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/08/2023 +1699 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2018-8442 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1041635
SecurityFocus: 105234 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-8442 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Created: 09/12/2018 09:21
Updated: 05/08/2023 13:34
Changes: 09/12/2018 09:21 (84), 03/22/2020 16:26 (6), 05/08/2023 13:34 (5)
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