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CVE-2018-8611

high · 7.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-05-24Remediation due 2022-06-14

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

7.8
CVSS
4.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
90th
EPSS percentile
2018-12-12
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

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftwindows_10_1607all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1703all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1709all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1803all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1809all versions
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_rt_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2012all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2012r2
microsoftwindows_server_2016all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2019all versions

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References

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