6.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-8140

Published: 14/06/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 0.9
VMScore: 410
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Cortana retrieves data from user input services without consideration for status, aka "Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.

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Recent Articles

June 2018, and Windows Server can be pwned with a DNS request
The Register • Shaun Nichols in San Francisco • 12 Jun 2018

Cortana also a little too eager to carry out commands Have to use SMB 1.0? Windows 10 April 2018 Update says NO

Microsoft has released its monthly security update, addressing a total of 51 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities. The June edition of Patch Tuesday includes 11 fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Windows, including Microsoft's solution for the recently-disclosed Spectre Variant 4 chip design flaw. Among the most serious bugs addressed this month is CVE-2018-8225, a remote code execution vulnerability present in the Windows DNSAPI. Microsoft says that the flaw would allow an attacker to take ov...