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CVE-2018-8406

Severity
critical · on CISA KEV actively exploited
Source
CISA-KEV · kev
Published
2022-03-28
Reference
⌖ exploited in the wild shame 80/100 ransomwareexploited-in-wild

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory.

Players implicated

Microsoft · vendorDirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) · product

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory.

Affected FedRAMP products 4 in the catalog

ProductProviderStatusMatch
Azure Commercial Cloud Microsoft Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90
Azure Government (includes Dynamics 365) Microsoft Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90
Microsoft Office 365 GCC High Microsoft In Process vendor-exact · 0.90
Office 365 Multi-Tenant & Supporting Services Microsoft Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90