Exploited
7.8
CWE
404
Advisory Published
Updated

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 SoftwareAffected VersionHow 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

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