CVE-2024-38144: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-38144 was disclosed on August 13, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD, MITRE CVE).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs low privileges, and requires no user interaction. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability, all rated as high. Microsoft has identified this as an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability (CWE-190) (NVD).

The successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. Given the CVSS metrics, the vulnerability has the potential to compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity (Rapid7).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Multiple patches are available for affected systems including KB5041782 for Windows 10 1507, KB5041773 for Windows 10 1607, KB5041578 for Windows 10 1809, and various other KB articles for different Windows versions (Rapid7).