CVE-2018-8990 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Master (aka Windows Optimization Master) 7.99.13.604, specifically within its WoptiHWDetect.SYS driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by providing invalid input to IOCtl 0xf1002010. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.99.13.604CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windows_optimization_master_project:windows_optimization_master:7.99.13.604:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.