CVE-2018-8120 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Win32k component, affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. This flaw allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper handling of objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), it has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges and high attack complexity. This vulnerability is actively exploited, with known ransomware campaigns utilizing it, and exploit code is available in Metasploit. It has garnered significant community and media attention, indicating its critical nature.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.