CVE-2018-8561

CWE-4044 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Microsoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows 10 ServersMicrosoft Windows 8.1+5 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 14
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8485, CVE-2018-8554.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012_r2(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation)+1
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2016(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2019(Server Core installation)

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mww2-mj57-j9c8: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-8561: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2018-11-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2018-11-13
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