CVE-2018-8271
published 2018-09-13CVE-2018-8271: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser.sys kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka…
PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
2.78%
84.8th percentile
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser.sys kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc2.5LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-mj2r-6x5w-q2pj: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-8271 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-mj2r-6x5w-q2pj: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser.sys kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Microsoft
Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2018-09-11·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2018-8271 [MEDIUM] Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows bowser.sys kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could potentially disclose contents of System memory.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to the system first and then run a specially crafted application in user mode.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the bowser.sys kernel-mode driver handles objects in memory.
FAQ: What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.
Microso
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018
blogs_talos·2018-09-11·CVSS 8.4
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018
Microsoft released its monthly set of security updates today for a variety of its products that address a variety of bugs. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 61 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated "critical," 43 that are rated "important" and one that is considered to have "moderate" severity.
The advisories cover bugs in the Internet Explorer web browser, Jet Database Engine and the Chakra scripting engine, among other products and software.
This update also includes two critical advisories, one of which covers security updates to Adobe Flash, and another that deals with a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system.
## Critical vulnerabilitiesMicrosoft released coverage for 17 critical bugs. Cisco Talos believes 16 of these are of special importance and n
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018
blogs_talos·2018-09-11·CVSS 8.4
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018
Microsoft released its monthly set of security updates today for a variety of its products that address a variety of bugs. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 61 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated "critical," 43 that are rated "important" and one that is considered to have "moderate" severity.
The advisories cover bugs in the Internet Explorer web browser, Jet Database Engine and the Chakra scripting engine, among other products and software.
This update also includes two critical advisories, one of which covers security updates to Adobe Flash, and another that deals with a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system.
## Critical vulnerabilities Microsoft released coverage for 17 critical bugs. Cisco Talos believ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105247http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041635https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8271http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105247http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041635https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8271
2018-09-13
Published