CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8124
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-404
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 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8120, CVE-2018-8164, CVE-2018-8166.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1511
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1703
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows 10 1807
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1709
• microsoft windows server 2016 1803
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104037 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8124 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104037 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8124 Vendor Advisory