CVE-2018-8170: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1709 only

Published 2018-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.