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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8345: LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 14, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 14, 2018
Added
Aug 14, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a .LNK file is processed, aka "LNK 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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8346.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4343892microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4343887microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4343885microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4343897microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4343909microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4343896microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4343888microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4343887msft-kb4340939-7f150cb6-306b-41b2-8fb2-75c44912e216msft-kb4340939-e168265c-b212-48d9-a915-bfc61bd1412bmsft-kb4340939-fa2b9d3f-37c1-4351-9253-07256fd56f66msft-kb4343888-9ab5e18d-f797-40d7-9060-45a9866d6d6emsft-kb4343888-a66d6492-e84f-418a-84dd-8a5ad6ae0ba5msft-kb4343896-7b6f3c42-7894-4050-9b99-1d76fb5d2973msft-kb4343896-8f8f8d93-1980-4a05-a57e-6ae18b6755efmsft-kb4343899-1390e6b0-5a83-40ef-908f-93a18d143f85msft-kb4343899-244359a9-56fe-4fea-9470-5c43186bcfc1msft-kb4343899-66ac990f-0c27-443a-ac9b-83b116b6b822msft-kb4343899-a22a0f37-0609-442f-9060-d789539f370amsft-kb4343899-d30cbe47-67a9-4461-ab12-a669953debf1msft-kb4343899-f8dc5b2f-402d-46e3-ad8a-8d5c461a60d6
References
- BID-105027
- CVE-2018-8345
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8345
- CWE-94
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343885
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343887
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343888
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343892
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343896
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343897
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343909
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