Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 Registry access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. This affects an unknown function of the component Registry. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8410. Local access is required to approach this attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Registry. 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 09/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/11/2018 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-8410 since 03/14/2018. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. 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 databases at Exploit-DB (45436), Tenable (117415) and SecurityFocus (BID 105256†). The entries VDB-123823, VDB-123825, VDB-123827 and VDB-123828 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 117415
Nessus Name: KB4457140: Windows Server 2012 September 2018 Security Update
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Recommended: Patch
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-8410 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8410
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123857
SecurityFocus: 105256 - Microsoft Windows Registry CVE-2018-8410 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041635

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

Created: 09/12/2018 08:19
Updated: 09/16/2025 01:16
Changes: 09/12/2018 08:19 (86), 03/22/2020 15:37 (10), 05/08/2023 12:02 (5), 09/16/2025 01:16 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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