7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-1038
Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description

The Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

April 2, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1038 has a 30 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-2018-1038 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_7
2 Microsoft windows_server_2008
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-2018-1038.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ 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).

None

Updated: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

DayOne: Critical Vulnerability Root Cause Analysis Platform

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

Updated: 1 year, 1 month 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 Assembly CSS JavaScript HTML

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 24, 2023, 7:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

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

Updated: 1 year, 5 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, 6 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, 10 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.

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C CSS JavaScript HTML Assembly

Updated: 4 months ago
95 stars 25 fork 25 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 4:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

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

Updated: 3 years 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: 3 years, 1 month 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 months, 3 weeks 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, 8 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, 4 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.

Collection of Windows Privilege Escalation (Analyse/PoC/Exp...)

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
296 stars 59 fork 59 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 3:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

Windows全版本提权脚本

exploit

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

Updated: 4 months, 3 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, 9 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.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1038 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1038 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 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Third Party Advisory https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ No Types Assigned https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549 [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-2018-1038 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-2018-1038 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

97.08 }} -0.04%

score

0.99784

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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