PT-2024-6245 · Microsoft · Windows

Brent Mills + 1 · Published 2024-09-10 · Updated 2024-09-17 · CVE-2024-38246

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/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 buffer overflow in the stack of the Win32k component (Win32k.sys) in Windows operating systems. This can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability allows attackers to affect the system.

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

LPE

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07192

CVE-2024-38246

Affected Products

Windows

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38246 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07192 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38246 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38246 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38246 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38246 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/avleonovcom/1434 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1833683219822076171 · Twitter Post
• https://threats.kaspersky.com/en/vulnerability/KLA73227 · Note
• https://twitter.com/AegisLens/status/1833655873614369028 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/94948 · Telegram Post