CVE-2018-8589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys, aka "Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since May 23, 2022.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 7 Windows Server 2008

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::itanium:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105796
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042140
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8589

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_0 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-05-23'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2018-11-14T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:11.677Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8589

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:02:25.739Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-11-14T01:29:02.067

Modified: 2025-04-04T15:32:36.710

Link: CVE-2018-8589

Redhat

No data.

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