CVE detail

CVE-2018-8639 — Microsoft Windows Win32k Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Vulnerability

Published 2025-03-03 · Modified 2025-03-03 · Source kev

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.2235

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

97.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

LISTED

CISA KEV

due 2025-03-24

Description

Microsoft Windows Win32k contains an improper resource shutdown or release vulnerability that allows for local, authenticated privilege escalation. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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