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".

Related CVEs

CVE-2018-0743

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-hh9m-g5p9-8fw8

Published

May 13, 2022 1:48 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:48 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 17, 2025 6:25 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.