PT-2024-5988 · Microsoft · Windows 10+1

Philippe Laulheret · Published 2024-08-12 · Updated 2024-08-17 · CVE-2024-38187

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 microsoft windows 10 1607 (versions <10.0.14393.7159)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Windows Kernel-Mode Driver, which can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges to the level of SYSTEM. This is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that affects the system.

Recommendations For microsoft windows 10 1607 (versions <10.0.14393.7159), update to a version equal to or higher than 10.0.14393.7159 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about additional mitigation measures for this vulnerability.

Fix

LPE

Out of bounds Read

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-822

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06796

BDU:2024-06797

CVE-2024-38187

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

References · 16

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06797 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38187 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38187 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06796 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/90990 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/3068 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.274487 · Note
• https://twitter.com/rst_cloud/status/1824670866484916315 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/rst_cloud/status/1824716377715843362 · Twitter Post
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1969 · Note
• https://t.me/aptreports/11983 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb24-232 · Note