vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8455: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 11, 2018
Added
Sep 11, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka "Windows 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.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4598243microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4457138microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4457142microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4457128microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4598275microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4598243msft-kb4457143-175a0d78-90dc-45c3-baf2-1c2cc20168a9msft-kb4457143-3f52105e-8bb6-4180-ba02-bf0798bb670cmsft-kb4598275-008c503a-c7d5-4656-8275-0a74750f5770msft-kb4598275-777a6c49-c06d-4be7-b7bd-8806ac6d4d7a
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