Executive Risk Summary
"The Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38193) allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable system. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access and control of system resources."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Driver
Target Asset afd.sys
Standard Path %windir%\System32\drivers
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: afd.sys (Driver)
$Targets = 'afd.sys'
$SearchPaths = @("$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
Network services may be affected
Internal Work Notes
Apply latest Windows security updates to mitigate CVE-2024-38193, an Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock.
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