Vulnerability CVE-2018-8120
Published: 2018-05-09

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Windows SetImeInfoEx Win32k NULL Pointer Dereference
unamer
20.10.2018

Type:

CWE-404

 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 

 References:
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/
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