CVE-2018-8174
KEV RANSOMWAREHIGH 7.6EPSS 88.5%
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 88.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-02-15, used in ransomware campaigns
- Published
- 2018-05-09
- Updated
- 2026-08-13
Proof-of-concept exploits (11)
- https://blog.0patch.com/2018/05/a-single-instruction-micropatch-for.html
- 0x09AL/CVE-2018-8174-msf167★ · 2018-05-23
- SyFi/CVE-2018-81746★ · 2018-06-01
- Yt1g3r/CVE-2018-8174_EXP139★ · 2022-04-19
- ericisnotrealname/CVE-2018-8174_EXP0★ · 2020-07-31
- joewux/Exploit0★ · 2019-06-13
- likekabin/CVE-2018-8174-msf0★ · 2018-09-06
- likescam/CVE-2018-8174-msf0★ · 2018-09-06
- lisinan988/CVE-2018-8174-exp0★ · 2022-04-21
- orf53975/Rig-Exploit-for-CVE-2018-81740★ · 2018-06-08
- ruthlezs/ie11_vbscript_exploit9★ · 2019-05-23