CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-8405
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-28, due 2022-04-18, known ransomware use
- CWE
- CWE-404
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10_1507
- microsoft:windows_10_1607
- microsoft:windows_10_1703
- microsoft:windows_10_1709
- microsoft:windows_10_1803
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_1709
- microsoft:windows_server_1803
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_server_2016