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CVE-2024-38142:
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Overview
Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38142) was discovered and disclosed on August 13, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server editions (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has classified this as a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) that affects the Windows Secure Kernel Mode (NVD, Rapid7).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve elevation of privilege on affected systems. Given the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple affected versions. Updates are available through various KB articles including KB5041782 (Windows 10 1507), KB5041773 (Windows 10 1607), KB5041578 (Windows 10 1809), KB5041580 (Windows 10 21H2/22H2), and several others for Windows 11 and Windows Server versions (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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