vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 8, 2018 | May 8, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 8, 2018
Added
May 8, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4103716microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4103723microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4103731microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4103727microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4103721microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4103726microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4103715microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4103723msft-kb4103712-37b5b334-c8cc-4a13-b84c-48e1bea48d6bmsft-kb4103712-83a7090f-3e70-4edb-b2af-18ee3c8c8539msft-kb4103712-902c7573-12fb-4135-a2df-88d13af1d33cmsft-kb4103712-c53c08ca-efac-49ab-a665-5b470f700c80msft-kb4103712-ddb1b118-50db-4654-b4d4-04cce64723edmsft-kb4103712-deb51cc8-5372-4925-a191-c02b160864d5msft-kb4103715-53738d8d-be74-4aef-ae8c-8fe6be9cd854msft-kb4103715-a0a512c2-5000-486b-bfea-655ac981bef3msft-kb4103726-a7aeeaa3-5971-4250-852a-cce0d132b757msft-kb4103726-e236ef6f-7ae3-4e19-879e-9130446af0camsft-kb4134651-0ec2c506-b352-43ef-b7c2-962b8f5faa27msft-kb4134651-74c75a7a-631f-46c4-b7b6-01dc5f44b603msft-kb4134651-7aa8af11-0afe-4827-aade-6e6253e1a55dmsft-kb4134651-896744fe-383e-43c4-844b-ee55f4c3496bmsft-kb4134651-ebefd9b2-9714-4c8f-8db0-4a53da260cbb
References
- BID-103998
- CVE-2018-8174
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8174
- CWE-787
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103715
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103716
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103721
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103723
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103726
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103727
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4103731
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