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High · 7.0 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2018-8120 EUVD-2018-19796GHSA-v82r-2hh9-72g8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k…

Published May 9, 2018 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

Vendor: Microsoft Product: Windows 7 Product: Windows Server 2008 Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 Platform: Windows

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2, x64-based Systems Service Pack 2, x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) —
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 —
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 10 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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