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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Aug 15, 2022

CVE-2018-8174

High
EPSS 94.3%CISA KEVRansomware
Microsoft/Windows

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution"

EPSS — Exploit Probability

94.3%

Higher than 99.9% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8174

Risk Assessment

CRITICAL
In CISA KEV
High EPSS
Ransomware

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
94.3%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Known
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Feb 15, 2022

Added to KEV

Feb 15, 2022

Remediation Due

Aug 15, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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