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CVE-2018-8589
High
86.0
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys, aka "Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 3.02%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since May 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- Not mapped
- Published
- 14 Nov 2018
- Last modified 28 Oct 2025
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time