7.0
HIGH
CVE-2018-0743
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description

Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 4, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-0743 has a 25 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-0743 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_server_2016
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-0743.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

DayOne: Critical Vulnerability Root Cause Analysis Platform

Python JavaScript Ruby HTML Assembly Makefile C Objective-C Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 15, 2023, 2:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2023, 7:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 7:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 18, 2021, 5:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 28, 2021, 1:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 2, 2021, 3:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2021, 10:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 3 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 29, 2021, 12:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Windows全版本提权脚本

exploit

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
22 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2021, 9:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Objective-C Assembly Shell PowerShell

Updated: 3 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2021, 2:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Objective-C Assembly Shell PowerShell

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 5, 2020, 2:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Objective-C Assembly Shell PowerShell

Updated: 4 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2020, 3:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Objective-C Assembly Shell PowerShell

Updated: 4 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2020, 2:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-0743 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-0743 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Vendor Advisory https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit No Types Assigned https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43962/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-0743 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-0743 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.00%

score

0.57449

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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