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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8561: DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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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 when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8485, CVE-2018-8554.

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_2012-kb4467678microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4467703microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4467691microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4467708msft-kb4467678-1db3b379-c517-4511-9094-3e1c44cc7c1cmsft-kb4467678-f598871e-153b-4d69-8932-89d58e2ff38dmsft-kb4467703-579a9a1e-0b54-4f92-a48b-2086de3e44c5msft-kb4467703-e4835420-ee77-4a03-95c2-6c626ee5f246

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