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Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

CVE-2018-8337

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows Subsystem for Linux improperly handles case sensitivity, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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  • LOCAL
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-178 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

The software does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published