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CVE-2018-0811 — Microsoft Windows 10 security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

The Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an information disclosure vulnerability due to the way objects are initialized in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0813, CVE-2018-0814, CVE-2018-0894, CVE-2018-0895, CVE-2018-0896, CVE-2018-0897, CVE-2018-0898, CVE-2018-0899, CVE-2018-0900, CVE-2018-0901 and CVE-2018-0926.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.0)
Published
2018-03-14
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-665

Affected products

  • microsoft / windows_10
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1511
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1607
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1703
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1709
  • microsoft / windows_7

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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