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.
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Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-03-15'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-05-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:51.354Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8120

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:46:13.353Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-09T19:29:01.277

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:16:26.653

Link: CVE-2018-8120

cve-icon Redhat

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