CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8584

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

Published: Nov 14, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_10Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1607 (including)1607 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1703 (including)1703 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1709 (including)1709 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1803 (including)1803 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1809 (including)1809 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft1709 (including)1709 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft1803 (including)1803 (including)
Windows_server_2019Microsoft- (including)- (including)

Potential Mitigations

References