CVE•Published 2018-10-10•Modified 2026-08-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2018-8453Microsoft · Windows_10_1507

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2018-10-10

Modified 2026-08-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2018-8453

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Windows 10 1507"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows 10 1507.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2018-8453

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-8453