Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-8440
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabili - [Actively Exploited]
Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka "Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 13, 2018, 12:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-8440 has a 36 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-8440 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_7
3 Microsoft windows_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
5 Microsoft windows_server_2008
6 Microsoft windows_server_2012
7 Microsoft windows_server_2016
8 Microsoft windows_server_2012_r2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-8440.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2023, 7:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 7:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

Here I gather all the resources about hacking that I find interesting

automation penetration-testing bughunting red-teaming

Ruby JavaScript

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
262 stars 48 fork 48 watcher
Born at : May 20, 2022, 7:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 3 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 18, 2021, 5:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 28, 2021, 1:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 2, 2021, 3:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2021, 10:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 3 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 29, 2021, 12:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Collection of Windows Privilege Escalation (Analyse/PoC/Exp...)

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
296 stars 59 fork 59 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 3:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

Windows全版本提权脚本

exploit

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Assembly Shell PowerShell C#

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
22 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2021, 9:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

C++ Ruby Python C Perl CMake Objective-C Assembly Shell PowerShell

Updated: 3 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2021, 2:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-8440 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-8440 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html No Types Assigned https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html No Types Assigned https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-8440 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-8440 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.83 }} -0.27%

score

0.99705

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
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Scope
Confidentiality
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