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 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-01-21'}

ssvc

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-10-10T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:47.893Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-8453

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.664Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-10T13:29:02.557

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:16:27.907

Link: CVE-2018-8453

cve-icon Redhat

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