CVE-2018-8589: Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.
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