HIGHCVSS 7.0KNOWN EXPLOITEDRANSOMWARE: KNOWN

CVE-2018-8120

CVE-2018-8120 updated by NVD

Published: 2022-03-15
Modified: 2026-09-21
Sources: cisa-kev, nvd

Summary

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.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8120

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