CVE-2018-8444
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 2.0 (SMBv2) server handles certain…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 5.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 2.0 (SMBv2) server handles certain requests, aka "Windows SMB Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 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 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected (Server Core installation)
- affected 32-bit Systems
- affected x64-based Systems
- affected 32-bit systems
- affected x64-based systems
- affected Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected (Server Core installation)
References
2
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8444 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 105226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2018-20080 (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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