CVE-2018-8405

high · 7.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-03-28Remediation due 2022-04-18

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8400, CVE-2018-8401, CVE-2018-8406.

7.8

CVSS

3.4%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

88th

EPSS percentile

2018-08-15

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-404

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
microsoft	windows_10_1507	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1507	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1607	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1607	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1703	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1703	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1709	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1709	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1803	all versions
microsoft	windows_10_1803	all versions
microsoft	windows_8.1	all versions
microsoft	windows_rt_8.1	all versions
microsoft	windows_server_1709	all versions
microsoft	windows_server_1803	all versions
microsoft	windows_server_2012	r2
microsoft	windows_server_2016	all versions

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References

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