CVE-2018-8140
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.74% (78th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Cortana retrieves data from user input services without consideration for status, aka "Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-266USLLM-inferred
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows server 1803all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041108cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8140cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104354cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104354enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041108enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8140enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104354Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041108Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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