CVE-2018-8589

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8589

Remediation deadline: June 13, 2022

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.

Timeline

Published:May 23rd, 2022 12:00 AM

Last modified:May 23rd, 2022 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:May 23rd, 2022

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Microsoft

Products

Win32k

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute