{"id":"CVE-2018-8440","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8440","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T05:02:25.344Z","title":"Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka \"Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.\" This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.","published":"2018-09-13T00:29:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:04:53.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10 1607","microsoft/windows 10 1703","microsoft/windows 10 1709","microsoft/windows 10 1803","microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows 8.1","microsoft/windows rt 8.1","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows server 2016"],"epss":{"score":0.1853,"percentile":0.97239,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-28","dueDate":"2022-04-18","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8440"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8440","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8440","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}