CVE-2018-8120

ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2018-19796 ↗
Exploited in the Wild ✓ Confirmed 0-Day ★ Google Project Zero
Triaged: March 5, 2026 4 articles Published: 2018-05-09
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EPSS Score

Source: FIRST.org · 2026-05-23
94.15%
probability
This CVE has a 94.15% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days.
0% Top 99.9th percentile of all CVEs 100%

CVSS v3.1

Source: VulnerabilityLookup (CIRCL)
7
HIGH
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 (legacy)

7.2
HIGH
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

VulnerabilityLookup (CNA)
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 Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8124, CVE-2018-8164, CVE-2018-8166.

Affected Products

Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2 x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft
Windows 7
32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2
Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

Attack Intelligence

Google Project Zero

Patched
May 8, 2018
Reported by
Anton Cherepanov, Senior Malware Researcher of ESET
Root Cause Analysis
???

Exploits & PoC

rip1s/CVE-2018-8120

CVE-2018-8120 Windows LPE exploit

499 2018-05-30
alpha1ab/CVE-2018-8120

CVE-2018-8120 Exploit for Win2003 Win2008 WinXP Win7

293 2018-08-08
bigric3/cve-2018-8120
164 2018-05-18
ne1llee/cve-2018-8120
5 2018-06-05
EVOL4/CVE-2018-8120

dd

1 2018-08-10
ozkanbilge/CVE-2018-8120

CVE-2018-8120 Windows LPE exploit

1 2018-08-16
qiantu88/CVE-2018-8120
0 2018-12-19
Y0n0Y/cve-2018-8120-exp
0 2019-07-20
StartZYP/CVE-2018-8120

This CVE-2018-8120 File

0 2020-08-28
wikiZ/cve-2018-8120
0 2020-11-30
10 repos — triés par ⭐ Rechercher sur GitHub ↗

Signal Intelligence

Confidenceⓘ
95%
EPSS 94.15%
CVSS v3.1 7
Mentions 4
Last Seen May 15, 2018

CNA Information

CNA Assigner
microsoft

Analyst Note

Auto-imported from Google Project Zero — confirmed zero-day by definition.

Threat Actors 2

Cobalt
apt_group Financial crime 🇷🇺 RU
Earth Lamia
apt_group Information theft and espionage 🇨🇳 CN

Triage Info

Decided atMar 05, 2026
Published DateMay 09, 2018