Advisory Details

August 14th, 2018

Microsoft Windows BasicRender Driver Race Condition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-18-951
ZDI-CAN-6141

CVE ID CVE-2018-8401
CVSS SCORE 6.9, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Windows
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within processing of the D3DKMTMarkDeviceAsError API and the D3DKMTSubmitCommand API by the BasicRender driver. Shared resources are not properly secured, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8401
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-05-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-08-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2018-08-14 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT ChenNan and RanchoIce of Tencent ZhanluLab
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