CVE-2018-0743

7.0 highEPSS 2.8%

High (7.0) in microsoft. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.0 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2018-01-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:windows_10
microsoft:windows_server_2016

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102350
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040094
https://github.com/saaramar/execve_exploit
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0743
https://twitter.com/AmarSaar/status/948892321755598848

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