KEV · Actively exploited
CVE-2018-8453
HIGH 7.0
Vendor bulletin scale — NVD CVSS pending
KEV
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
EPSS
70.04%
exploit likely
percentile 99.3%
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
- 2022-01-21
- Remediation deadline
- 2022-07-21
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Ransomware
- Yes, known ransomware campaign
OS versions that fix this CVE
This CVE is resolved by the following OS security releases. Update the OS to at least the listed version.
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2019 Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2016 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1809 · 2018-09 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1803 · 2018-03 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1709 · 2017-09 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1703 · 2017-03 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1607 · 2016-07 Fixed in —