CVE-2018-8209
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows allows a normal user to access the Wireless LAN profile of an administrative…
- 8.0HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows allows a normal user to access the Wireless LAN profile of an administrative user, aka "Windows Wireless Network Profile Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected (Server Core installation)
- affected 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
- affected Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected x64-based Systems
Microsoft · Windows 10 Servers
- affected version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
References
3
- 104393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8209 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1041101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-19878 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-8209)Record last updated .