CVE-2018-1038

EPSS 8.9%

Vexday Risk Score

23Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS —EPSS 8.9%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

02 Apr 2018Published on NVD

24 Apr 2018Public PoC

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

The Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation · Windows

public PoCs found — 2

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581unverified

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References

https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632