CVE-2018-8562 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 2019 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105790 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8562

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8