CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-0966

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published: Apr 12, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A security feature bypass exists when Device Guard incorrectly validates an untrusted file, aka Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Weakness

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource’s state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_10 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1511 (including) 1511 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1607 (including) 1607 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1703 (including) 1703 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1709 (including) 1709 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 1709 (including) 1709 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References