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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-8411 json

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access, aka "NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This af…

published 2018-10-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20048

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-45624)

Exploit prediction

3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45624 Microsoft Windows - 'FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID' Information Disclosure dos, 2018-10-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Servers

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.