An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Уязвимость подсистемы совместимости для запуска Linux-приложений Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) операционных систем Windows, позволяющая нарушителю повысить свои привилегии и выполнить произвольный код