Description
This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2018-8120, which has a HIGH severity rating. 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.
Stats
- First seen
- February 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
CVEs
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.B |
| Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.C |
| Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.D |
| Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.E |
| Generic.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.1.42255626 |
| Generic.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.1.43B08391 |
| Generic.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.1.4DA3B98A |
| Generic.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.1.5DBA37FE |
| Generic.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120.1.CB64020C |
| Win32.Exploit.CVE-2018-8120 |