CVE-2024-38106

Aug. 13, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Tags

secure@microsoft.com
2024-08-13
CVE-2024-38106
CWE-591

CVSS Score

7.0 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Windows Kernel

Description

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weaknesses

CWE-591
Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory

The product stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked, which might cause the memory to be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager. This can make the data more accessible to external actors.

CWE ID: 591

Date

Published: Aug. 13, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Aug. 13, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secure@microsoft.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.0
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38106
secure@microsoft.com