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CVE-2024-38106

Exploited

Windows 11 - Kernel

Microsoft CVSS 7 Updated March 14, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability exists, allowing attackers to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. This vulnerability is considered critical and has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog by CISA."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type DLL
Target Asset ntdll.dll
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: ntdll.dll (DLL)
$Targets = 'ntdll.dll'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

System stability and security services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest Windows security updates to mitigate CVE-2024-38106, a Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

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