CVE-2018-8120
KEV RANSOMWAREHIGH 7.2EPSS 73.7%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 73.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-03-15, used in ransomware campaigns
- Published
- 2018-05-09
- Updated
- 2026-08-13
Proof-of-concept exploits (12)
- EVOL4/CVE-2018-81201★ · 2018-08-10
- StartZYP/CVE-2018-81200★ · 2020-08-28
- Y0n0Y/cve-2018-8120-exp0★ · 2019-07-20
- alpha1ab/CVE-2018-8120292★ · 2018-08-08
- bigric3/cve-2018-8120163★ · 2018-05-18
- n8v79a/win-exploit1★ · 2018-06-20
- ne1llee/cve-2018-81205★ · 2018-06-05
- ozkanbilge/CVE-2018-81201★ · 2018-08-16
- qiantu88/CVE-2018-81200★ · 2018-12-19
- rip1s/CVE-2018-8120498★ · 2018-05-30
- unamer/CVE-2018-8120498★ · 2018-05-30
- wikiZ/cve-2018-81200★ · 2020-11-30