Description of the security update for the Windows kernel elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: July 10, 2018

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode.

To learn more about the vulnerability, go to CVE-2018-8308.Important

• If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows.

Known issues in this update

Symptom	Workaround
After installing this update, some devices running network monitoring workloads may encounter 0xD1 Stop error because of a race condition.	This issue is resolved in KB 4345397.

How to obtain and install the update

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Deployment information

For deployment details for this security update, go to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Security update deployment information: July 10, 2018

More Information

File information
The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

**Note:**The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and MUM files (.mum) that are installed are not listed.

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help for installing updates: Windows Update: FAQ

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Support and Troubleshooting

Help for protecting your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware: Microsoft Secure

Local support according to your country: International Support

Windows Server 2008 file information

File hash information

File name	SHA1 hash	SHA256 hash
Windows6.0-KB4295656-ia64.msu	09EC91B3CA840947058AF4C039331B39030B2DE5	9AAEAA55DBD2321FC397AD48FFD07141174E61354F72FA688F75D1162036D4E8
Windows6.0-KB4295656-x64.msu	107E7B011DCE89691A3103B5239832B3E6D6CA97	0FC8324877CD0EA1B7CE58DF46E895143FE5234235C85FA3D624D6C6CD18D5F0
Windows6.0-KB4295656-x86.msu	99EAFD32A3093A76C4A192AC7DFA4B1D38AC628C	7D858E5A6D918A7734F3557792FAF9900930A6E5017490795B273B61893F52AE

For all supported ia64-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Tcpipreg.sys	6.0.6002.24408	80,896	01-Jun-2018	17:03	IA-64
Tcpip.sys	6.0.6002.24408	2,975,424	01-Jun-2018	17:31	IA-64

For all supported x64-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Tcpipreg.sys	6.0.6002.24408	40,448	01-Jun-2018	17:03	x64
Tcpip.sys	6.0.6002.24408	1,415,360	01-Jun-2018	17:35	x64

For all supported x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Tcpipreg.sys	6.0.6002.24408	31,232	01-Jun-2018	16:55	x86
Tcpip.sys	6.0.6002.24408	916,160	01-Jun-2018	17:55	x86