CVE-2018-8399 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8404.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1709:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1803:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104998
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041466
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8399

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00982}`	epss `{'score': 0.00945}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.328Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8399

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:09.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:44.977

Link: CVE-2018-8399

Redhat

No data.

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