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Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVE-2018-8471

High
7.8/10

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2019.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published