CVE-2018-8221

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session, aka "Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8201, CVE-2018-8211, CVE-2018-8212, CVE-2018-8215, CVE-2018-8216, CVE-2018-8217.

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session, aka "Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8201, CVE-2018-8211, CVE-2018-8212, CVE-2018-8215, CVE-2018-8216, CVE-2018-8217.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

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 1703

1703

Microsoft Windows 10 1709

1709

Microsoft Windows 10 1803

1803

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1709

1709

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1803

1803

References

104338

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1041098

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8221

Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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