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CVE-2018-8120

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-2…

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CVSS 7.0 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.4/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7: +1.05
Fresh EPSS: 73.29%: +0.37

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 11 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

SentinelOne

Press · 27 Oct 2022, 07:00 · SentinelOne Detects New Malicious PDF File - SentinelOne

BleepingComputer

Press · 16 Mar 2022, 07:00 · CISA adds 15 vulnerabilities to list of flaws exploited in attacks - BleepingComputer

Proofpoint

Press · 05 Jul 2020, 07:00 · Purple Fox Malware EK Adds More Exploits to Its Arsenal - Proofpoint

www.trendmicro.com

Press · 05 Nov 2019, 08:00 · New Capesand Exploit Kit Reuses Public Exploits, Tools - www.trendmicro.com

Securelist

Press · 13 May 2019, 07:00 · ScarCruft continues to evolve, introduces Bluetooth harvester - Securelist

See all 11 source documents

Microsoft

Press · 02 Jul 2018, 07:00 · Taking apart a double zero-day sample discovered in joint hunt with ESET - Microsoft

Morphisec

Press · 18 Jun 2018, 07:00 · CVE-2018-4990 Acrobat Reader DC Double-Free Vulnerability - Morphisec

BleepingComputer

Press · 15 May 2018, 07:00 · Shadowy Hackers Accidentally Reveal Two Zero-Days to Security Researchers - BleepingComputer

Malwarebytes

Press · 15 May 2018, 07:00 · Adobe Reader zero-day discovered alongside Windows vulnerability - Malwarebytes

WeLiveSecurity

Press · 15 May 2018, 07:00 · A tale of two zero-days - WeLiveSecurity

TechTarget

Press · 08 May 2018, 07:00 · Zero-day exploits resolved by Microsoft on May Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.4 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
leeqwind/HolicPOC	90	38	C++	22 Mar 2022, 03:02

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #45653 2018-10-22

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7; EPSS 73.3%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, low privileges, no user interaction, additional attack conditions.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:01.757148+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

08 May 2018, 07:00

Published

09 May 2018, 19:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

15 Mar 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

27 Oct 2022, 07:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories