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CVE-2018-0880

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0880 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Desktop Bridge component of Windows 10 (versions 1607, 1703, 1709) and Windows Server (2016, version 1709), stemming from improper management of the virtual registry. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-44314) and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness among researchers. Its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 further emphasizes its potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1607CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1703CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44314 · Mar 20, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0312 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Mar/CVE-2018-0880Important

Windows Desktop Bridge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Mar 13, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0880
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44314
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/103239
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040520
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry