CVE-2018-8453

HIGHCVSS 7.8Known Exploited

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8453

Remediation deadline: July 21, 2022

Ransomware use: Known

Description

Microsoft Windows Win32k contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges.

Timeline

Published:October 10th, 2018 1:29 PM

Last modified:August 13th, 2026 5:17 AM

Added to KEV:January 21st, 2022

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2: 7.2

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

microsoft

Products

windows_10_1507windows_10_1607windows_10_1703windows_10_1709windows_10_1803windows_10_1809windows_7windows_8.1windows_rt_8.1windows_server_1709windows_server_1803windows_server_2008windows_server_2012windows_server_2016windows_server_2019

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153669/Microsoft-Windows-NtUserSetWindowFNID-Win32k-User-Callback.htmlExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105467Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041828Broken Link
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8453Patch
https://securelist.com/cve-2018-8453-used-in-targeted-attackExploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153669/Microsoft-Windows-NtUserSetWindowFNID-Win32k-User-Callback.htmlExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105467Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041828Broken Link
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8453Patch
https://securelist.com/cve-2018-8453-used-in-targeted-attackExploit
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8453US Government Resource

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute