An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19998 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00276}

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{'score': 0.00375}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.241Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8347

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:04.940

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:39.653

Link: CVE-2018-8347

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