HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-8350

Windows 10 vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
18.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows PDF Library improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-08-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-8350

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 10 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-8350.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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