vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8471: Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 13, 2018 | Nov 13, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 13, 2018
Added
Nov 13, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4467680microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4467691microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4467696microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4467686microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4467702microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4467708microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4467691microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4467708msft-kb4467106-339c91f5-6d1d-4a41-909b-af57c1ac99a3msft-kb4467106-77ada8e4-99c2-40c7-8867-e59607dc0342msft-kb4467106-a62b9202-94f2-490b-a7d0-bdd73289f256msft-kb4467106-aec57e1b-7d44-4547-9e12-cb875413faf2msft-kb4467106-bab904d4-da6f-47a1-adeb-386a94e86000msft-kb4467106-cef2f089-c315-4edb-bb16-a3ace65d86d4msft-kb4467703-579a9a1e-0b54-4f92-a48b-2086de3e44c5msft-kb4467703-e4835420-ee77-4a03-95c2-6c626ee5f246
References
- BID-105800
- CVE-2018-8471
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8471
- CWE-404
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467680
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467686
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467691
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467696
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467702
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4467708
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