CVE-2018-8120 - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 7 Windows Server 2008

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::itanium:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2018-8120

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2018-8120

Redhat

No data.

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