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CVE-2018-8453

is CVE-2018-8453real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

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High · CVSS 7.8EPSS 73.1%CISA KEVCWE-404

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

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.

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Community real-world severity: Critical (Critical 2) — CVSS base score 7.8

Practitioners rate this higher than its CVSS — treat with extra caution.

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    Related CVEs

    Same weakness — CWE-404.