SB2018121105 - Privilege escalation in Windows kernel
Published: December 11, 2018 Updated: December 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121105
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8611)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the Kernel Transaction Manager driver (ntoskrnl.exe) when processing transacted file operations in kernel mode. A local user can create a specially program, and run arbitrary code on the system n kernel mode.
Note: the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.