CVE-2024-38246
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
7.0 High
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
0.57%Up 0.5 points since Sep 11, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38246- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37212
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37212- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x9x8-4xvf-mwjp
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-x9x8-4xvf-mwjp- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38246- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 21h2
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-2024-38246 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published September 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.