CVE-2018-5189

HIGH

Jungo Windriver 12.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5189. PoCs published by Fidus InfoSecurity.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets CVE-2018-5189, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WINDRVR1251 driver. It uses a race condition to achieve arbitrary kernel memory writes, ultimately executing token-stealing shellcode to elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

Description

Race condition in Jungo Windriver 12.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or gain system privileges by flipping pool buffer size, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Fidus InfoSecurity · c++localwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43494

This exploit targets CVE-2018-5189, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WINDRVR1251 driver. It uses a race condition to achieve arbitrary kernel memory writes, ultimately executing token-stealing shellcode to elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Racy
Target: Jungo WINDRVR1251 driver (version unknown, likely <= 12.5.1)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Presence of vulnerable WINDRVR1251 driver · Windows 7 SP1 x86 (offsets are hardcoded for this version)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43494/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 64.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
jungo/windriver < 12.6.0
Published Jan 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026