CVE-2018-8453

unknown KEV

Published 2022-01-21 · Modified 2022-01-21

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Microsoft Windows Win32k contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Win32k
Due date: 2022-07-21

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-47134 local windows verified

Metasploit · 2019-07-17

Microsoft Windows - NtUserSetWindowFNID Win32k User Callback Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/local/cve_2018_8453_win32k_priv_esc rank

Windows NtUserSetWindowFNID Win32k User Callback

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8453

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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