CVE-2018-8120

high-risk
Published 2018-05-09

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8124, CVE-2018-8164, CVE-2018-8166.

Do I need to act?

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94.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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1 public exploit available
45653
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (9)

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-...
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high-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 10/34 · Low