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CVE-2018-8592

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—
Severity6.4Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability1.25 %higher than 69% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 version 1809 when installed from physical media (USB, DVD, etc, aka "Windows Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows Server 2019.

CVSS

Base score
6.4
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.25 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
69
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Microsoft — Windows 10Microsoft — Windows Server 2019

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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