February 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-8174 — Microsoft Windows
known ransomware use
Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-02-15- Federal due date
2022-08-15- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 99.9th percentile (score 0.943, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8174
CISA short 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"
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.