CVE-2018-8401 - 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 Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8400, 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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows Server 2016

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105006
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041461
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8401

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.431Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-8401

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:09.707

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:45.207

Link: CVE-2018-8401

Redhat

No data.

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