microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2024-38014 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on September 10, 2024

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Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Installer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 1, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-38014 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.


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