CVE-2018-8120
CISA KEV RANSOMWARE
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Priority: 0.00
BB Relevance:
0/100
Published: N/A
Modified: N/A
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: pending_score
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
Microsoft — Win32k
Date Added
2022-03-15
Remediation Due
2022-04-05
Ransomware Use
CONFIRMED
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8120
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (4)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_7 | - |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | - |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
References & Advisories (5)
US Government Resource
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Third Party Advisory
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