Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. 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
10.0.17763.6054 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040430
10.0.20348.2582 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040437
10.0.22000.3079 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040431
10.0.19044.4651 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040427
10.0.22621.3880 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040442
10.0.25398.1009 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040438
10.0.10240.20710 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040448
10.0.14393.7159 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040434
6.0.6003.22769 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040499
6.0.6003.22769 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040490
6.1.7601.27219 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040497
6.1.7601.27219 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040498
6.2.9200.24975 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040485
6.3.9600.22074 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5040456
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2024-38079 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38079
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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