CVE-2018-8492

Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8492 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by KB4462917, released October 9, 2018. It is not reported as exploited, but the vendor rates exploitation more likely. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
5.3
Important
Exploitation
More likely
Vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0210
81st percentile

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could inject code into a trusted PowerShell process to bypass the Device Guard Code Integrity policy on the local machine.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then inject malicious code into a script that is trusted by the Code Integrity policy. The injected code would then run with the same trust level as the script and bypass the Code Integrity policy.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PowerShell exposes functions and processes user supplied code.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 14393.2551 KB4462917 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 14393.2551 KB4462917 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems 15063.1387 KB4462937 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems 15063.1387 KB4462937 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 16299.726 KB4462918 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems 16299.726 KB4462918 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems 17134.345 KB4462919 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 17134.345 KB4462919 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems 17763.55 KB4464330 Oct 9, 2018
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems 17763.55 KB4464330 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server 2016 14393.2551 KB4462917 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 14393.2551 KB4462917 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server 2019 17763.55 KB4464330 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 17763.55 KB4464330 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation) 16299.726 KB4462918 Oct 9, 2018
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation) 17134.345 KB4462919 Oct 9, 2018

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