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 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.
Published: 2018-10-10
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 81.3% High
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Metrics kev

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

ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 10 1507 Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1703 Windows 10 1709 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 1709 Windows Server 1803 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

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 : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-10-28T14:13:07.773

Link: CVE-2018-8453

cve-icon Redhat

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