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CVE-2024-38106

Warning

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Microsoft ≫ Windows 10 1507 Version < 10.0.10240.20751
Microsoft ≫ Windows 10 1607 Version < 10.0.14393.7259
Microsoft ≫ Windows 10 1809 Version < 10.0.17763.6189
Microsoft ≫ Windows 10 21h2 Version < 10.0.19044.4780
Microsoft ≫ Windows 10 22h2 Version < 10.0.19045.4780
Microsoft ≫ Windows 11 21h2 Version < 10.0.22000.3147
Microsoft ≫ Windows 11 22h2 Version < 10.0.22621.4037
Microsoft ≫ Windows 11 23h2 Version < 10.0.22631.4037
Microsoft ≫ Windows 11 24h2 Version < 10.0.26100.1457
Microsoft ≫ Windows Server 2016 Version < 10.0.14393.7259
Microsoft ≫ Windows Server 2019 Version < 10.0.17763.6189
Microsoft ≫ Windows Server 2022 Version < 10.0.20348.2655
Microsoft ≫ Windows Server 2022 23h2 Version < 10.0.25398.1085

13.08.2024: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation, enabling a local attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

Description

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Required actions
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.35% 0.568
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
secure@microsoft.com 7 1 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-591 Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory

The product stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked, which might cause the memory to be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager. This can make the data more accessible to external actors.