High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jun 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8214

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when Desktop Bridge does not properly manage the virtual registry, aka "Windows Desktop Bridge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8208.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Desktop Bridgellm-fuzzy
Microsoft/Windowsllm-fuzzy
Microsoft/Windows 10 1909cpe-rescue
Range: Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft/Windows Server 2003cpe-rescue
Range: version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft/Windows Server 2016cpe-rescue
Range: (Server Core installation)

Patches

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References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8214nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44915/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104394nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041093nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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