CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2018-8611
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 4.2%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-24. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-14.
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