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CVE-2018-8445

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8445 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows kernel affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information due to improper handling of objects in memory. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage, indicating low active exploitation. Organizations should apply the relevant security updates to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Sep/CVE-2018-8445Important

Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Sep 11, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8445
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105225
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041635
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry