CVE-2021-24038
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 18, 2021 at 11:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDesktop
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
Due to a bug with management of handles in OVRServiceLauncher.exe, an attacker could expose a privileged process handle to an unprivileged process, leading to local privilege escalation. This issue affects Oculus Desktop versions after 1.39 and prior to 31.1.0.67.507.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24038CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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