Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network File System (NFS) 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 NFS properly handles objects in memory.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
E
Physical
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 150710.0.10240.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 170310.0.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 170910.0.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 76.1.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 7 Service Pack 16.1.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 8.16.3.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 16.1.7601.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)6.1.7601.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 16.1.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 20126.2.9200.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2012 R26.3.9600.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)6.3.9600.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)6.2.9200.0 – publication