CVE-2018-8201 — Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Executive Summary

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could inject code into a trusted PowerShell process to bypass the Device Guard Code Integrity policy on the local machine. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then inject malicious code into a script that is trusted by the Code Integrity policy. The injected code would then run with the same trust level as the script and bypass the Code Integrity policy. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PowerShell exposes functions and processes user supplied code.

Overview

4.5

CVSS MEDIUM

Important

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

Less Likely

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Security Feature Bypass

Released Jun 12 2018

Last Updated Jun 12 2018

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.01794 — 0.76473 percentile

CVSS Vector

ATTACK VECTOR

Local

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

High

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

Low

USER INTERACTION

None

SCOPE

Unchanged

CONFIDENTIALITY

Low

INTEGRITY

Low

AVAILABILITY

Low

EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY

Unproven

REMEDIATION LEVEL

Official Fix

REPORT CONFIDENCE

Confirmed

Temporal Score: 3.9

EPSS Score

0.01794

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.76473 percentile - updated 2026-08-14

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Affected Products

14 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems	`4284860 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems	`4284860 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems	`4284880 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems	`4284880 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems	`4284874 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems	`4284874 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems	`4284819 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems	`4284819 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems	`4284835 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems	`4284835 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows Server 2016	`4284880 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	`4284880 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation)	`4284819 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)	`4284835 (Security Update)`	Important	Security Feature Bypass	Yes

Patches

5 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`4284860`	Security Update	Yes
`4284880`	Security Update	Yes
`4284874`	Security Update	Yes
`4284819`	Security Update	Yes
`4284835`	Security Update	Yes

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

None

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD