CVE-2018-8639
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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8641.
Exploits (6)
References (3)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.3487
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CISA KEV
2025-03-03
VulnCheck KEV
2022-01-26
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2018-20250
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-404
Status
published
Products (15)
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_2008
... and 5 more
Published
Dec 12, 2018
KEV Added
Mar 03, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026