Description of the security update for the elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009: November 13, 2018

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys.

To learn more about the vulnerability, go to CVE-2018-8589.

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. ImportantIf 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.

Deployment information

For deployment details for this security update, go to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Security update deployment information: November 13, 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 times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and 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 times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help for installing updates: Protect yourself online

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

Local support according to your country: International Support

Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009 file information

File hash information

File name	SHA1 hash	SHA256 hash
WindowsXP-KB4470198-x86-Embedded-ENU.exe	7B13AAF44E4587D599A456D888E42F40E8B5FF3B	3E68AE305975C97132CC2786B60920DB9A39915E3CAB5693E6FBAE90965F202E

For all supported x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Win32k.sys	5.1.2600.7590	1,914,112	27-Oct-2018	14:31	x86
Updspapi.dll	6.3.13.0	382,840	01-Feb-2018	21:28	x86