CVE-2018-8453

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 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Recent assessments:

gwillcox-r7 at November 22, 2020 2:59am UTC reported:

Reported as exploited in the wild as part of Google’s 2020 0day vulnerability spreadsheet they made available at <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lkNJ0uQwbeC1ZTRrxdtuPLCIl7mlUreoKfSIgajnSyY/edit#gid=1869060786&gt;. Original tweet announcing this spreadsheet with the 2020 findings can be found at <https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1329837665378725888&gt;

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