CVE-2018-8253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Cortana allows arbitrary website browsing on the lockscreen, aka "Microsoft Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows Server 2016

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-19919	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Cortana allows arbitrary website browsing on the lockscreen, aka "Microsoft Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105009
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041477
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8253

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01592}`	epss `{'score': 0.01532}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:46:13.802Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8253

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:03.097

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:30.407

Link: CVE-2018-8253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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