HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-03-28Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8405

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory.

Properties

Euvd product
Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Servers
Vulnerability name
Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T23:45:48+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.03444
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-04-18
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2022-03-28T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-03-28
Score
7.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8

Related Entities (19)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (16)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2022-03-28

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