CVE-2018-8120: Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First published: Wed May 09 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 7 | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Win32k | ||
| =sp1 | ||
| =sp2 | ||
| =r2-sp1 | ||
| =r2-sp1 |
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