CVE-2018-8400 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8401, CVE-2018-8405, CVE-2018-8406.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00821.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows Server 2016

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:::::::*
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20038	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8401, CVE-2018-8405, CVE-2018-8406.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105005
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041461
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8400

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00854}`	epss `{'score': 0.00821}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.418Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-8400

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:09.347

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:45.090

Link: CVE-2018-8400

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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