Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 proof of concept on GitHub
Summary
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read privileged data across trust boundaries. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to compromise the affected system further. On January 3, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly-discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities (known as Spectre) involving speculative execution side channels that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. This vulnerability, released on August 6, 2019, is a variant of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability and has been assigned CVE-2019-1125. Microsoft released a security update on July 9, 2019 that addresses the vulnerability through a software change that mitigates how the CPU speculatively accesses memory. Note that this vulnerability does not require a microcode update from your device OEM.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Public exploit on Exploit-DB
EDB-48071
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1703
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- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
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- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
From 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 7
From 6.1.0
- Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
From 6.1.0
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
From 6.3.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
From 6.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
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- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 1
From 6.1.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
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- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
From 6.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
From 6.2.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
From 6.2.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
From 6.3.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
From 6.3.0