CVE-2024-38253
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem 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 Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38253- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37218
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37218- 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-8mc9-3vv7-xwf3
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-8mc9-3vv7-xwf3- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38253- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- 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, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 11 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
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-2024-38253 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 21h2, published September 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.