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Unscored CVE-2018-8347 EUVD-2018-19998GHSA-mh2c-pmfp-vwqr

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain sym…

Published Aug 15, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) —
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1803 for x64-based Systems —
Microsoft Windows 10 Servers version 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation) —

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