CVE-2018-8411

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

3.07% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

70 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access, aka "NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-264US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-45624Microsoft Windows - 'FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID' Information Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (70)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1809 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1607 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1703 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1709 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1803 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1809 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1703 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1803 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1607 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Servers≤ version 1709 (Server Core Installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Servers≤ version 1803 (Server Core Installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 7≤ 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 7≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 8.1≤ 32-bit systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 8.1≤ x64-based systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1≤ Windows RT 8.1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 2enisa_euvdEU

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-10-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

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