CVE-2023-38150 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00535.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows 11 version 21H2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.0`	affected	< 10.0.22000.2416

Microsoft

Windows 11 version 22H2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.22621.0`	affected	< 10.0.22621.2283

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2::::::::

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows 11 21h2 Subscribe Windows 11 22h2 Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-41975	Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38150

History

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21H2:10.0.22000.2416::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21H2:10.0.22000.2416::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22H2:10.0.22621.2283::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22H2:10.0.22621.2283::::::x64:
Vendors & Products	Microsoft windows 11 21h2 Microsoft windows 11 22h2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-09-12T16:58:19.686Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T18:17:44.806Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T23:41:45.860Z

Link: CVE-2023-38150

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.054Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T17:15:18.557

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:12:57.853

Link: CVE-2023-38150

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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