CVE-2018-1038 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows kernel affecting Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, stemming from how the kernel handles objects in memory. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists (EDB-44581), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of it being introduced by Meltdown patches.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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