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01 Record

CVE-2018-8233

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 72.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-06-14 12:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 06:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-03-14
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9ba181ae97bb8d3a1e51fd34d05880e4f042c6921cedd5b99ca7aa11fe4b3cae

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows 10Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1803 for x64-based Systems—
MicrosoftWindows 10 Serversversion 1803 (Server Core Installation)—

06 References