CVE-2018-8589 — Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA KEV listed Added May 23, 2022 Remediate by June 13, 2022

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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

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

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