Vulnerabilities > Microsoft > Windows 8 > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2014-08-12 CVE-2014-0318 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft products
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly control access to thread-owned objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-264
7.2
2014-08-12 CVE-2014-0316 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft products
Memory leak in the Local RPC (LRPC) server implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted client that sends messages with an invalid data view, aka "LRPC ASLR Bypass Vulnerability."
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-399
7.5
2014-07-08 CVE-2014-2781 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft products
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not properly restrict the exchange of keyboard and mouse data between programs at different integrity levels, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging control over a low-integrity process to launch the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) and then upload a crafted application, aka "On-Screen Keyboard Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
network
high complexity
microsoft CWE-264
7.6
2014-07-08 CVE-2014-1767 Double Free vulnerability in Microsoft products
Double free vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) in afd.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Ancillary Function Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html" target="_blank">CWE-415: Double Free</a>
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-415
7.2
2014-05-14 CVE-2014-1807 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft products
The ShellExecute API in Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly implement file associations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild in May 2014, aka "Windows Shell File Association Vulnerability."
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-264
7.2
2014-03-12 CVE-2014-0300 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft products
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-264
7.2
2014-02-12 CVE-2014-0266 Information Exposure vulnerability in Microsoft products
The XMLHTTP ActiveX controls in XML Core Services 3.0 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a web page that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MSXML Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-200
7.1
2014-02-12 CVE-2014-0254 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Server 2012
The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly validate packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka "TCP/IP Version 6 (IPv6) Denial of Service Vulnerability."
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-20
7.8
2013-11-18 CVE-2013-3876 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft products
DirectAccess in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly verify server X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and read encrypted domain credentials via a crafted certificate.
network
microsoft CWE-20
7.1
2013-11-13 CVE-2013-3898 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, when Hyper-V is used, does not ensure memory-address validity, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code in all guest OS instances, and allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash), via a guest-to-host hypercall with a crafted function parameter, aka "Address Corruption Vulnerability."
7.9