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CVE-2018-8401Not scoredCWE-404

CVE-2018-8401: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows Server 2016

Affected: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

2.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
81st percentile
050100

Higher than 81% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8400, CVE-2018-8405, CVE-2018-8406.

Affected products3

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2016(Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows 1032-bit Systems; Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems; Version 1607 for x64-based Systems; Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems; Version 1703 for x64-based Systems; Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems and 4 more
  • Microsoft · Windows 10 Serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation); version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Microsoft
Published
August 2018

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2018-8401 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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