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CVE-2024-30088: Microsoft Windows Kernel TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

CVE-2024-30088 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-10-15

Technologies: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Windows 10. Vendors: Microsoft.

Executive brief

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability. Successful exploitation allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1507, 1607, 1809, 21H2, 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 21H2, 22H2, 23H2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 23H2

Timeline

  • 2024-06-11: disclosed: Initial Microsoft advisory publication
  • 2024-06-11: patched: Microsoft released security updates
  • 2024-10-15: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
  • 2024-10-15: exploited: Confirmed exploitation in the wild per CISA KEV entry

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