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CVE-2018-8440

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka "Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Serv…

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CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.3/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 18.53%: +0.09

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 7 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Google Cloud

Press · 13 Apr 2020, 07:00 · Think Fast: Time Between Disclosure, Patch Release and Vulnerability Exploitation — Intelligence for Vulnerability Management, Part Two - Google Cloud

Securelist

Press · 12 Nov 2018, 08:00 · IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics - Securelist

TechTarget

Press · 12 Sep 2018, 07:00 · Microsoft shuts down zero-day exploit on September Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

TechTarget

Press · 12 Sep 2018, 07:00 · Microsoft patches Windows ALPC flaw exploited in the wild - TechTarget

www.trendmicro.com

Press · 12 Sep 2018, 07:00 · September Patch Tuesday: Windows Fixes ALPC Bug - www.trendmicro.com

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TechTarget

Press · 11 Sep 2018, 07:00 · Microsoft shuts down zero-day exploit on September Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

Microsoft

Press · 02 Jul 2018, 07:00 · Taking apart a double zero-day sample discovered in joint hunt with ESET - Microsoft

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.3 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 18.5%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:02.857210+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

02 Jul 2018, 07:00

Published

13 Sep 2018, 00:00

Latest press mention

13 Apr 2020, 07:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

28 Mar 2022, 00:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58