CVE-2018-8404

Published Aug 15, 2018

Last updated 5 years ago

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 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, 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-2018-8399.
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Analyzed

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

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-404

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations