CVE-2018-8411

36

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8411 is an NTFS Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting multiple Windows versions, including Windows 7, 8.1, 10, and various Windows Server editions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-45624) exists for information disclosure related to FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID, and it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(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:::::::*
		1803CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.07%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

86.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

ExploitDB: EDB-45624 · Oct 16, 2018

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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 (36)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Oct/CVE-2018-8411Important

NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8411

PatchVendor Advisory

exploit-db.com / exploits/45624

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securityfocus.com / bid/105508

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1041832

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry