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CVE-2018-8347

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CVE-2018-8347

Published: Aug 15, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft

Windows Server 2016

affected
(Server Core installation)

Microsoft

Windows 10

affected
Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
affected
Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
affected
Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
affected
Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
affected
Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

+3 more versions

Microsoft

Windows 10 Servers

affected
version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
affected
version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

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