CVE-2024-38043 PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a flaw in PowerShell to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38043?
CVE-2024-38043 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, published on 9 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38043?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38043?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38043 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-38043 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38043 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10 1607
- CVE-2026-33824 Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Double Free
- CVE-2026-21510 Microsoft Windows Shell Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE-2026-21513 Microsoft MSHTML Framework Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE-2023-32049 Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass
- CVE-2023-29360 Microsoft Streaming Service Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68rx-ffxh-vcq7.