PT-2018-1305

CVE-2018-8233

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Published

2018-06-12

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Updated

2019-10-03

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CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers
Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component, which fails to properly handle objects in memory. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient access control in the Win32k component.
Recommendations For Windows 10 and Windows 10 Servers, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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