CVE-2024-38106: Technical Deep-Dive (Auto Refreshed)

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Executive Technical Summary

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation, enabling a local attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

• Context preserved from previous revision: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Notes: Exploit-Research Database.

Technical Details

• CVE: CVE-2024-38106
• KEV date added: 2024-08-13
• KEV due date: 2024-09-03
• NVD published: Unknown
• NVD modified: Unknown
• MITRE modified: 2025-10-21
• CVSS base score: N/A
• CVSS vector: N/A
• CVSS exploitability score: N/A
• CVSS impact score: N/A
• Attack vector: Unknown
• Attack complexity: Unknown
• Privileges required: Unknown
• User interaction: Unknown
• Scope: Unknown
• Confidentiality impact: Unknown
• Integrity impact: Unknown
• Availability impact: Unknown

Versions and Products Impacted

• Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1809 (versions: 10.0.17763.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2019 (versions: 10.0.17763.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) (versions: 10.0.17763.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2022 (versions: 10.0.20348.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 11 version 21H2 (versions: 10.0.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 21H2 (versions: 10.0.19043.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 11 version 22H2 (versions: 10.0.22621.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 22H2 (versions: 10.0.19045.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 11 version 22H3 (versions: 10.0.22631.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 11 Version 23H2 (versions: 10.0.22631.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) (versions: 10.0.25398.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1507 (versions: 10.0.10240.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1607 (versions: 10.0.14393.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2016 (versions: 10.0.14393.0)
• Microsoft / Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) (versions: 10.0.14393.0)
• Microsoft / Windows 11 Version 24H2 (versions: 10.0.26100.0)

Weakness Classification

• Weakness class not explicitly listed by upstream feeds.

Repositories for Lab Validation (Public Examples)

• No public repository matched this CVE query in the current run.

People and Organizations Mentioned

• microsoft
• Windows

Practical Defensive Validation (Authorized Only)

1. Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.
2. Snapshot infrastructure before validation and preserve baseline logs (EDR, SIEM, OS, app).
3. Create low-privilege users on Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1809 (versions: 10.0.17763.0) and validate that patching blocks unauthorized admin-level actions.
4. Compare token/privilege transitions in Windows Event Logs before and after remediation.
5. Tune detections for unusual group membership changes and SYSTEM-level process launches from user sessions.

References

• NVD record: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38106
• MITRE CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38106
• CISA KEV Catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• CISA KEV JSON feed: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
• KEV notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38106
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38106

This content is for defensive security training and authorized validation only.