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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Jun 13, 2022

CVE-2018-8589

High
EPSS 46.3%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Win32k

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

46.3%

Higher than 97.6% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8589

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED
In CISA KEV

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
46.3%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

May 23, 2022

Added to KEV

May 23, 2022

Remediation Due

Jun 13, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Win32k

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