CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-1038
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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 configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry