Description of the security update for the information disclosure vulnerability in Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009: September 11, 2018

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly initialize a memory address.

To learn more about the vulnerability, go to CVE-2018-8419.

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. 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.

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.

Windows XP file information

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help for installing updates: Windows Update: FAQ

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

Local support according to your country: International Support

File Information

File hash information

File name	SHA1 hash	SHA256 hash
WindowsXP-KB4458318-x86-Embedded-ENU.exe	D2751E7D4CD301C51C010F1D193D909E64BA8466	2078904F6DF3435F5D776BADBD0050D6B65C540831F97886314378508E53EDFB

For all supported x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Ks.sys	5.3.2600.7562	141,056	15-Aug-2018	15:49	x86
Updspapi.dll	6.3.13.0	382,840	31-Jan-2018	18:26	x86