CVE-2018-8120

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.

• CWE-404
• CWE-404

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104034Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45653/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8120US Government Resource

Published

May 9, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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