Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-0744 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Affected Applications
Windows 10
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1709 (Server Core Installation)