THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-1038
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1038

Windows 7 vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
8.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
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."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 7
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-04-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1038

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 7 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1038.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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