CVE-2024-38107
Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 September 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 13 August 2024 · due 3 September 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 1507 · microsoft/windows 10 1607 · microsoft/windows 10 1809 · microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · microsoft/windows 11 24h2 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 1.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38107; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38107
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38107Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38107US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.