PT-2024-4964 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski · Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2024-10-02 · CVE-2024-38066

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the Win32k component (Win32k.sys) of Windows operating systems, which is associated with memory usage after it has been freed. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation issue that can impact the system.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Use After Free

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-05488

CVE-2024-38066

ZDI-24-1311

Affected Products

Windows

References · 12

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1311 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38066 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05488 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38066 · Security Note
• https://t.me/avleonovcom/1391 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/bluepatch0404/status/1811383593932836920 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810730612891746666 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.270858 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/85916 · Telegram Post