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CVE-2018-8471 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Rem

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Wind

CVSS
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EPSS
0.52% (top 33.30%)
CWE
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Published
2018-11-14T01:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T06:54:36.418Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2019.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2016
MicrosoftWindows 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, Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 8.132-bit systems, x64-based systems
MicrosoftWindows 732-bit Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019Windows Server 2019

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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