CVE-2018-8337Medium
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Microsoft Security Response Center
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Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
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A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows Subsystem for Linux improperly handles case sensitivity, aka "Windows Subsystem…
CVSS
5.3
Medium
EPSS
0.01
p75
Published
2018-01-01
Updated
2018-01-01
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.
Tags · CWE
CWE-178
CWE-178BaseIncomplete
Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
The product does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/178.html →Open in CWE collection →Affected products
Windows_10Windows_server_2016
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Timeline
2018-01-01
Published
2018-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: L
Local (L)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Privileges Required
PR: L
Low (L)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: L
Low (L)
Integrity Impact
I: L
Low (L)
Availability Impact
A: L
Low (L)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.009 · p75
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected software
| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2016 | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
Source databases
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
The Security Update Guide is the source of truth for vulnerabilities in Microsoft products — KB article numbers, impacted builds and replacement patches. MSRC also assigns the MSRC-specific exploitability index used alongside CVSS.
Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →CVE
CVE
National Vulnerability Database
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data, built on top of the MITRE CVE list. Every record includes CPE applicability statements, CVSS v2 and v3.x base scores, CWE mappings and cross-references to advisories.
Region
US
Updates
15 min
License
Public Domain
Comprehensive catalog of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities with CPE matches, CVSS scoring and reference URLs. De-facto standard for cross-vendor correlation.
https://nvd.nist.gov →Related vulnerabilities