CVE detail
CVE-2024-38106 — Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2024-08-13 · Modified 2024-08-13 · Source kev
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0634
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
93.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
LISTED
CISA KEV
due 2024-09-03
⚠ Actively exploited in the wild — CISA KEV listed 2024-08-13, federal remediation due 2024-09-03.
Description
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.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References