CVE-2018-7250 Information disclosure in n/a
A local unprivileged attacker can leak uninitialized kernel memory via an uninitialized pool allocation in the secdrv.sys driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-7250?
CVE-2018-7250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 26 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in secdrv.sys as shipped in Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 before KB3086255, and as shipped in Macrovision SafeDisc. An uninitialized kernel pool allocation in IOCTL 0xCA002813 allows a local unprivileged attacker to leak 16 bits of uninitialized kernel PagedPool data.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7250?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tivo Safedisc.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-7250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7
- CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vm5-p8qx-8w4h.