CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Apr 5, 2022
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
94.1%
Higher than 99.9% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8120
Risk Assessment
CRITICALIn CISA KEV
High EPSS
Ransomware
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 94.1%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Known
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Mar 15, 2022
Added to KEV
Mar 15, 2022
Remediation Due
Apr 5, 2022