CVE-2018-8166 Information

Description

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 2012 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8120 CVE-2018-8124 CVE-2018-8164.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104062 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8166

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0