Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Exploited according to Microsoft — Exploitation Detected. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
Security updates
10.0.17763.5458 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034768
10.0.20348.2322 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034770
10.0.22000.2777 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034766
10.0.19044.4046 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034763
10.0.22621.3155 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034765
10.0.25398.709 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034769
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
KEV Mar 4, 2024
Revision history
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#3
Updated the Exploitability Index to 0 - Exploitation Detected and **Exploited** to Yes. This is an informational change only.
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#2
Updated one or more CVSS scores for the affected products. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2024-21338 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21338
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss