High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8219

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V instruction emulation fails to properly enforce privilege levels, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

Microsoft/Hyper-Vllm-fuzzy
Microsoft/Windows 10 1909cpe-rescue
Range: Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft/Windows Server 2003cpe-rescue
Range: version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft/Windows Server 2016cpe-rescue
Range: (Server Core installation)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8219nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104353nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041096nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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