Known Exploited Vulnerability: CVE-2018-8120

Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Catalog version: 2026.07.15 Date added: 2022-03-15 Due date: 2022-04-05 CISA catalog

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: Win32k

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: Known

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8120

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