CVE-2024-38107
Published 2024-08-13 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2024-38107 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on August 13, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by September 3, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
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Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Date added: 2024-08-13 · Due: 2024-09-03
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.