CVE-2018-8405

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

HIGH 7.8CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2022-03-28

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 3.44 % · percentile 89 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2affected (Server Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows RT 8.1affected Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016affected (Server Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows 8.1affected 32-bit systems ; affected x64-based systems
Microsoft · Windows 10affected 32-bit Systems ; affected Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems ; affected Version 1607 for x64-based Systems ; affected Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems ; affected Version 1703 for x64-based Systems ; affected Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft · Windows 10 Serversaffected version 1709 (Server Core Installation) ; affected version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD