CVE-2018-8120

medium Microsoft ⚠️ CISA KEV — Exploited in the Wild
EPSS Score
73.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 9, 2018 (3043 days ago)
Last Modified: August 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: MITRE

⚠️ CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV: 2022-03-15
Remediation Due: 2022-04-05 (⚠ 1617d overdue)
Ransomware Campaign: Known

Description

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.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows 7Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

References

🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com