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Zero-day in Windows Kernel Transaction Manager (CVE-2018

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()3 min read1
Analyze CVE-2018-8611 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2018-8453
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Flaw in Windows 7-10 and Windows Server (CVE-2018-8453)
7.870%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2018-8589
Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows Win32k (Windows 7 / Server 2008)
7.83%KEV
KEV
CVE-2018-8611
Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows Kernel Exploited in the Wild
7.84%KEV
KEV

From the original article

3 min read at securelist.com

In October 2018, our AEP (Automatic Exploit Prevention) systems detected an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system. Further analysis led us to uncover a zero-day vulnerability in ntoskrnl. exe.

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