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CVE-2024-38144

CVE-2024-38144 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 15 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

8.8

CVSS

71%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 71%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 25% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38144

CVE-2024-38144 is an elevation of privilege flaw in the Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver, carrying an unusual Critical rating with CVSS 9.8 for what is typically a lower-scored local privilege class. It affects Windows 10 Version 1809 (32-bit and x64) and Windows Server 2019. With a 71 percent EPSS score, the odds of working exploit code circulating are high, even though CISA KEV has not confirmed active exploitation.

Do this: Apply the Microsoft patch for CVE-2024-38144 to all Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019 hosts, prioritizing 1809 systems that should have been upgraded past that end-of-support build.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-26. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38144

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- CVE-2024-38144: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 71%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5041160, KB5041571, KB5041573, KB5041578, KB5041580, KB5041585, KB5041592, KB5041773, KB5041782, KB5041823, KB5041828, KB5041838, KB5041847, KB5041850, KB5041851
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Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 71%).

Fixed by KB5041160 and 14 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38144

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5041160, KB5041571, KB5041573, KB5041578, KB5041580, KB5041585, KB5041592, KB5041773, KB5041782, KB5041823, KB5041828, KB5041838, KB5041847, KB5041850, KB5041851 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-38144. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5041160 KB5041571 KB5041573 KB5041578 KB5041580 KB5041585 KB5041592 KB5041773 KB5041782 KB5041823 KB5041828 KB5041838 KB5041847 KB5041850 KB5041851

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CVE-2024-38144

Risk summary

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38144

Scope and sources