Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.8% · 90th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-121
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Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · microsoft
- 7.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 21h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2 |
| microsoft | windows 10 22h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 24h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 23h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2025 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft windows server 2022before 10.0.20348.2849
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2before 10.0.25398.1251
- microsoft windows server 2025before 10.0.26100.2314
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
- 10.0.19043.0 and later · before 10.0.19044.5131affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
- 10.0.19045.0 and later · before 10.0.19045.5131affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.2314affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- 10.0.20348.0 and later · before 10.0.20348.2849affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.25398.0 and later · before 10.0.25398.1251affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.2314affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.2314affected
Same product
microsoft: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-21333Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityKEV64This week
- CVE-2025-21335Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityKEV61This week
- CVE-2025-21334Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityKEV61This week
- CVE-2023-38186Windows Mobile Device Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2026-42904Windows TCP/IP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability38Monitor
- CVE-2023-38148Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:1 | 2025-09-17 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- First PoC+308 d
- TodaySep 30, 2026+687 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-38148427 days apartInternet Connection Sharing (ICS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability37Monitor
- CVE-2024-3824663 days apartWin32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.