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CVE-2018-8209

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8209 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, allowing a standard user to access an administrative user's Wireless LAN profile. With a CVSS score of 8.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 554 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jun/CVE-2018-8209Important

Windows Wireless Network Profile Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Jun 12, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8209
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104393
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041101
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry