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 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105467
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041828
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8453
https://securelist.com/cve-2018-8453-used-in-targeted-attack
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-10-10
Updated: 2019-10-03
Type: CWE-404
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH