CVE-2018-8140

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Cortana retrieves data from user input services without consideration for status, aka "Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Cortana retrieves data from user input services without consideration for status, aka "Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 6 years ago

2018-06-14 12:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 10 1709

1709

Microsoft Windows 10 1803

1803

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1709

1709

References

104354

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1041108

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8140

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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