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    CVE-2018-8120

    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.

    Published:May 9, 2018
    Last Modified:Oct 28, 2025
    EPS:May 9, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.94149
    CVSS Score:7

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Apr 5, 2022
    1620 days ago
    Alert Date
    Mar 15, 2022
    1641 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 7
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2008

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653https://github.com/alpha1ab/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/bigric3/cve-2018-8120https://github.com/EVOL4/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/ne1llee/cve-2018-8120https://github.com/ozkanbilge/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/qiantu88/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/rip1s/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/StartZYP/CVE-2018-8120https://github.com/wikiZ/cve-2018-8120https://github.com/Y0n0Y/cve-2018-8120-exp

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High