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CVE-2018-8589

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Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Vendor / Project
Microsoft
Product
Win32k
Date added
May 23, 2022
Due date
Jun 13, 2022
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWEs
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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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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