Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.0
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 6.3%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-13. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2024-09-03.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.