Cybersecurity Alerts

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Classification

CWE-591

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38106