4.4
CVSSv2

CVE-2018-8170

Published: 09/05/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1
VMScore: 392
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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Recent Articles

It's 2018, and a webpage can still pwn your Windows PC – and apps can escape Hyper-V
The Register • Chris Williams, Editor in Chief • 09 May 2018

Scores of bugs, from Edge and Office to kernel code to Adobe Flash, need fixing ASAP

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