Overview
- Description
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows kernel image properly handles objects in memory.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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