CVE-2018-8453
HIGH KEV RANSOMWAREWindows - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Exploits (6)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47134
nomisec
WRITEUP
14 stars
by thepwnrip · poc
https://github.com/thepwnrip/leHACK-Analysis-of-CVE-2018-8453
metasploit
WORKING POC
MANUAL
by ze0r, Kaspersky Lab, Jacob Robles · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/cve_2018_8453_win32k_priv_esc.rb
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.8133
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CISA KEV
2022-01-21
VulnCheck KEV
2018-08-17
InTheWild.io
2018-08-17
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2018-20088
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
Status
published
Products (17)
microsoft/windows_10_1507
microsoft/windows_10_1607
microsoft/windows_10_1703
microsoft/windows_10_1709
microsoft/windows_10_1803
microsoft/windows_10_1809
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_1709
... and 7 more
Published
Oct 10, 2018
KEV Added
Jan 21, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026