HIGHCVSS 7.0Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-03-15Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8120

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.

Properties

Euvd product
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First seen
2026-08-13T03:55:31+00:00
Cvss score
7
Epss score
0.73288
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-04-05
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2022-03-15T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-03-15
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
7
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7

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