CVE-2018-8589: Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
· high severity · unattributed attribution
Evidence and provenance
- Original source
- CISA KEV report ↗
- Published
- 2022-05-23T00:00:00Z
- Confidence basis
- No actor match
- Record ID
f9d87148de0f273ab376
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-8589
Use and citation
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