CVE-2018-1038

highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.085 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
8.51% (95th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
6 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264US
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-04-02modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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