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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component DirectX. 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, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2018. The weakness was released 10/09/2018 with Baidu as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8486 since 03/14/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/23/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when DirectX 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 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: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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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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0-Day Time: 🔍
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Timelineinfo

03/14/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 +208 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
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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
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-8486 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1041823
SecurityFocus: 105501 - Microsoft Windows DirectX CVE-2018-8486 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/10/2018 12:52 PM
Updated: 05/23/2023 03:13 PM
Changes: 10/10/2018 12:52 PM (87), 04/01/2020 09:09 AM (6), 05/23/2023 03:13 PM (5)
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