Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Symbolic Link Parsing

CVE-2018-8347 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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