Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock could allow an attacker to elevate privileges. This vulnerability is considered critical and has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog by CISA."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Driver
Target Asset Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
Standard Path Windows System Files
PowerShell
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# Target: Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (Driver)
$Target = "Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock"
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Filter $Target -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required
Required
Service Disruption
Low to Moderate
Internal Work Notes
Recommend applying the latest security updates from Microsoft to mitigate this vulnerability.
Intelligence Sources
Scope of Impact
Windows Server 2022 23H2 Windows 10 1809 Windows Server 2008 (Version r2) Windows 11 24H2 Windows 10 22H2 Windows Server 2012 (Version r2) Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows 11 22H2 Windows 10 21H2 Windows 10 1607 Windows Server 2019 Windows 11 23H2 Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022
Original NVD Description
"Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"
Data compiled from NVD, MSRC, and CISA KEV Catalog. Intelligence synthesized via AI. Scripts provided for diagnostic purposes under MIT License.