⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.

CVE-2018-8477

5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8621, CVE-2018-8622.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages13 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_20085 versions+4
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012(Server Core installation)
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2008_r2Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)+2
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012_r2(Server Core installation)
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation)+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m5hc-m98g-p285: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosur2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-8477: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosur2018-12-12
VulnCheck
Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018-12-11
CVE-2018-8477 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | An information disclosure vulnerabi | cvebase.io