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CVE-2018-8306

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8306 describes a command injection vulnerability in the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (MWDA) and its associated firmware, specifically affecting the V2 Software, due to improper management of user input. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating an attack vector that requires adjacent network access and low privileges, with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.8350CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:wireless_display_adapter_firmware:2.0.8350:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.8365CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:wireless_display_adapter_firmware:2.0.8365:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.8372CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:wireless_display_adapter_firmware:2.0.8372:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0288 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 314 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter V2 Software Version 2.0.8350
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter V2 Software Version 2.0.8365
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter V2 Software Version 2.0.8372
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jul/CVE-2018-8306Important

Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter Command Injection Vulnerability

Jul 10, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8306
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104621
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041269
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry