7.8 CVE-2018-8589

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID Exploitable Vendor Product Vulnerability Date added
CVE-2018-8589 True Microsoft Win32k Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 2022-05-23 00:00:00

Description

EUVD-2018-20204: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.


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