Overview
- 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.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Known exploits
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Mar 15, 2022
- Exploit action due
- Apr 5, 2022
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-404
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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