CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-38106
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows
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.
- Added to KEV
- 2024-08-13
- Remediation due
- 2024-09-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38106
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-591
Description
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.20751)
• microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.7259)
• microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.6189)
• microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.4780)
• microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.4780)
• microsoft windows 11 21h2 (< 10.0.22000.3147)
• microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.4037)
• microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.4037)
• microsoft windows 11 24h2 (< 10.0.26100.1457)
• microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.7259)
• microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.6189)
• microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.2655)
• microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.1085)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-591 Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38106 US Government Resource