March 25, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-8414 Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-25- Federal due date
2022-04-15- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 99.4th percentile (score 0.726, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8414
CISA short description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.