CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-0743
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1703
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows server 2016 1709
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry