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CVE-2018-84537.8High

CVE-2018-8453: Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows 7

Affected: Microsoft Windows 7 · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 21 Jan 2022

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

  1. In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue21 Jan 2022
  2. Exploited (reported): not seen
  3. Scanning observed: not seen
  4. Proof of concept public: not seen
  5. Not established: not seen
70.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
99th percentile
050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products11

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Microsoft · Windows 732-bit Systems Service Pack 1; x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2(Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows RT 8.1Windows RT 8.1
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 200832-bit Systems Service Pack 2; 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation); Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2; x64-based Systems Service Pack 2; x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2019(Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2012(Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows 8.132-bit systems; x64-based systems
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2016(Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1; x64-based Systems Service Pack 1; x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft · Windows 1032-bit Systems; Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems; Version 1607 for x64-based Systems; Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems; Version 1703 for x64-based Systems; Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems and 6 more
  • Microsoft · Windows 10 Serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation); version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

On the Atlas

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Exploitation
Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV
Listed since 21 Jan 2022 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Microsoft
Published
October 2018
Band
Exploited in the wild, October 2018

What changed

  1. CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
  2. CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2018-8453 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

References

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