May 24, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-8611 — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-05-24- Federal due date
2022-06-14- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 90.4th percentile (score 0.042, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8611
CISA short description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.