vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8453: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 9, 2018
Added
Oct 9, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
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 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4462922microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4462937microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4462918microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4462919microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4464330microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4462931microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4462941microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4464330msft-kb4462915-12aa589f-eae8-42ea-a2e8-eb41a36c43b6msft-kb4462915-4d032d7e-1aed-452c-844f-fd86dd5385ffmsft-kb4462915-7011e545-f81d-4b02-a5e3-15fd50b29a7cmsft-kb4462915-cef3ebb4-b9cf-4aff-aa5b-c80500f5d6eamsft-kb4462915-e32cde5b-a2a7-46a6-9d4e-ed961a6924d0msft-kb4462915-f03674d4-c0fd-473e-8492-7df3bb8c8230msft-kb4462931-0eaf46e9-1447-4fca-a01c-6e5890f37168msft-kb4462931-df4fb7b9-56e4-4389-839b-60f613907865msft-kb4462941-56a4f194-85ba-4dff-92f1-904ebc2fa310msft-kb4462941-859b093c-b864-48d2-a3d0-d57d594337ffmsft-kb4463104-07bb79e6-abf8-48bb-8a0b-e0a0f625dcc6msft-kb4463104-76137abc-ba72-42bc-852e-f3e35b6fd580msft-kb4463104-fd05d33e-8393-4f33-a0cc-d54bf139fecc
References
- BID-105467
- CVE-2018-8453
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8453
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462917
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462918
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462919
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462922
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462931
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462937
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462941
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4464330
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