high severity · exploited in the wild · published 2018-12-11
An attacker who already runs code as a normal user can raise their rights to a much higher level and take over the PC. Attackers already use this flaw in the wild.
CVE: CVE-2018-8611
Source: Microsoft (MSRC)
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