CVE-2018-8120

high · 7Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-03-15Remediation due 2022-04-05

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.

CVSS

73.4%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

99th

EPSS percentile

2018-05-09

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-404

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
microsoft	windows_7	all versions
microsoft	windows_server_2008	all versions
microsoft	windows_server_2008	r2
microsoft	windows_server_2008	r2

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8120

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2018-8120