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CVE-2024-38059 — Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

8.96% (top 7.50%)

CWE

CWE-416

Published

2024-07-09T17:02:29.535Z

Last modified

2026-02-10T23:34:27.731Z

CVSS vector

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

01What is this vulnerability?

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	10.0.20348.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	10.0.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	10.0.19043.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	10.0.22621.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	10.0.19045.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H3	10.0.22631.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	10.0.22631.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)	10.0.25398.0

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

Open the Sigma generator with a pre-filled prompt for this CVE to draft a starting detection in your stack of choice:

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38059

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