The Windows Kernel API in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server…

Description

The Windows Kernel API in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way the Kernel API enforces permissions, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0752.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• Elevation of Privilege
• CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation · Windows

  • affected Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709

References (4)

• 43515 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0751 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 102359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1040095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-0751](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-0751.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-0751)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 20:42 UTC.