# CVE-2018-8440: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> CVE-2018-8440: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-8440
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:48Z

- Published: 2018-09-13 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 18.5%, 97th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-28, federal due date 2022-04-18, ransomware use: Known

## Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka "Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Windows 10
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Servers
- Microsoft: Windows 7
- Microsoft: Windows 8.1
- Microsoft: Windows RT 8.1
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2016

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8440)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8440)
- [https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html](https://blog.0patch.com/2018/08/how-we-micropatched-publicly-dropped.html)
- [https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html](https://blog.0patch.com/2018/09/comparing-our-micropatch-with.html)
- [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8440)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105153)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041578)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-8440 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-8440.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2018-8440 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:49:22.973Z