CVE-2018-8589

unknown KEV

Published 2022-05-23 · Modified 2022-05-23

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

1.5

Description

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.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Win32k
Due date: 2022-06-13

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8589

Exploits

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8589

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.