CVE-2024-38193

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: August 13, 2024 at 05:29 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC

16 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2012

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 29%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score28.7%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 28.7% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 98% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Aug 13, 2024

Remediation Due

Sep 3, 2024

783 days overdue

Notes

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38193

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38193

Description

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 10 1507 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.10240.2075110.0.10240.0 ≤ v < 10.0.10240.2075110.0.10240.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.10240.20751, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 1607 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.14393.725910.0.14393.0 ≤ v < 10.0.14393.725910.0.14393.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.14393.7259, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 1809 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.17763.618910.0.17763.0 ≤ v < 10.0.17763.618910.0.17763.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.17763.6189, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 21H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19044.478010.0.19043.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19044.478010.0.19043.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19044.4780, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 22H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19045.478010.0.19045.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19045.478010.0.19045.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19045.4780, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 21H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.22000.314710.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22000.314710.0.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.22000.3147, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 22H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.22621.403710.0.22621.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22621.403710.0.22621.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.22621.4037, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 23H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.22631.403710.0.22631.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22631.403710.0.22631.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.22631.4037, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 24H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.26100.145710.0.26100.0 ≤ v < 10.0.26100.145710.0.26100.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.26100.1457, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows Server 2008 · Microsoft

95%

6.0.6003.0 ≤ v < 6.0.6003.228256.1.7601.0 ≤ v < 6.1.7601.272776.0.6003.0 6.1.7601.0 r2 sp1sp2

Affected range stops below 6.0.6003.22825, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.7601.27277, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38193

References (3)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38193

Exploit

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52284

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38193

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHmicrosoft

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-416NVD-CWE-noinfo

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