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ghsa-xg99-mpwj-gf2c

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Published

2022-05-14 02:36

Modified

2025-10-22 00:31

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths, aka "Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.

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CVE-2018-8414 (GCVE-0-2018-8414)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-08-15 17:00

Modified

2025-10-21 23:45

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Remote Code Execution

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths, aka "Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10.

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105016	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041458	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Windows 10 Servers

Version: version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Version: version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

Version: Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
Version: Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
Version: Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Version: Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Version: Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Version: Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

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