CVE•Published 2018-05-09•Modified 2026-08-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2018-8174Microsoft · Windows_10_1607
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
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
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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 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.
Timeline
Published 2018-05-09
Modified 2026-08-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.
Shodan · vuln tag
vuln:CVE-2018-8174Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Windows 10 1607"Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows 10 1607.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2018-8174Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-8174Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2018-8174Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2018-8174GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2018-8174" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2018-81742 repos