CVE-2018-8406: Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First published: Wed Aug 15 2018(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8400, CVE-2018-8401, CVE-2018-8405.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | ||
| 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 | |
| Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) | ||
| =1607 | ||
| =1703 | ||
| =1709 | ||
| =1803 | ||
| =1709 | ||
| =1803 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- agent/title
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/remedy
- agent/author
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- exploited/true
- ransomware/true
- collector/cisa-known-exploited
- source/CISA
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/references
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows 10
- version/microsoft windows 10/1607
- version/microsoft windows 10/1703
- version/microsoft windows 10/1709
- version/microsoft windows 10/1803
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2016
- version/microsoft windows server 2016/1709
- version/microsoft windows server 2016/1803
- canonical/microsoft directx graphics kernel (dxgkrnl)