CVE-2018-8219

HIGH

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 - Elevation of Privilege via Hyper-V Instruction Emulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V instruction emulation fails to properly enforce privilege levels, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104353
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041096

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 61.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_10 1607
microsoft/windows_10 1703
microsoft/windows_10 1709
microsoft/windows_10 1803
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1709
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1803
Published Jun 14, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026