CVE-2018-8120 - Vulnerability Details - 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

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 15, 2022.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_0 `{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-15'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-05-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-07T16:38:19.745Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8120

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-04-04T20:30:49.757

Link: CVE-2018-8120

Redhat

No data.

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