CVE-2018-8337

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows Subsystem for Linux improperly handles case sensitivity, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8337
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-13T00:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-178 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/178.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8337 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105250 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8337
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8337
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:44:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:05:08 2018-09-13T00:29Z 2018-09-13T00:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 12:05:08 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 12:05:09 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated