CVE tracker / CVE-2024-38253
CVE-2024-38253
CVE-2024-38253 is the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.8. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published September 10, 2024.
Risk summary
HighElevation of Privilege
7.8
CVSS v3 base
0.6%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
More Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 9 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5043055 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1128
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) - KB5043067 · fixed build 10.0.22000.3197
Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems - KB5043076 · fixed build 10.0.22631.4169, 10.0.22621.4169
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems - KB5043080 · fixed build 10.0.26100.1742
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
What Microsoft changed
- September 10, 2024: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- September 10, 2024
- Last revised
- September 10, 2024
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References
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