Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation, enabling a local attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

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.