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CVE-2018-8405: Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2018-8405
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: DirectXPrivilege escalation
What
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel driver improperly handles objects in memory.
Who is affected
Users of Microsoft DirectX.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply the latest security patch from Microsoft.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-28
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8405

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2018-8405coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Microsoft DirectX Graphics

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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