CVE-2024-38163
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38163- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37136
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37136- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3r4-2437-ppv4
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-q3r4-2437-ppv4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38163- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38163 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published August 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.