Microsoft Windows Server 2008

CVE-2018-8120
HIGH 7.0CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2022-03-15

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 73.29 % · percentile 99 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

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 Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8124, CVE-2018-8164, CVE-2018-8166.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008affected 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 ; affected 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) ; affected Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2 ; affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 ; affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows 7affected 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 ; affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2affected Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 ; affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 ; affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD