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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Device Guard Code Integrity Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2018. The weakness was released 10/09/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-8492 since 03/14/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/23/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could inject code into a trusted PowerShell process to bypass the Device Guard Code Integrity policy on the local machine.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117999 (KB4462919: Windows 10 Version 1803 and Windows Server Version 1803 October 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 91474 (Microsoft Windows Security Update October 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 (117999). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 125082, 125083, 125084 and 125089.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.3
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.3
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
ATT&CK: T1211

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 117999
Nessus Name: KB4462919: Windows 10 Version 1803 and Windows Server Version 1803 October 2018 Security Update
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

03/14/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 +208 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/10/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/23/2023 +1686 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2018-8492 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041842
SecurityFocus: 105455 - Microsoft Windows Device Guard CVE-2018-8492 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/10/2018 12:13 PM
Updated: 05/23/2023 02:48 PM
Changes: 10/10/2018 12:13 PM (86), 04/01/2020 07:01 AM (5), 05/23/2023 02:48 PM (5)
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