CVE-2024-38106 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows kernel. Publicly available information identifies it as a kernel bug that was actively exploited in the wild and used as part of a post-compromise exploit chain to escape the Chromium sandbox and enable deployment of the FudModule rootkit. Reporting also indicates exploitation requires winning a race condition. Specific vulnerable functions, root cause details, and affected kernel subsystems beyond the general Windows kernel classification are not currently available from the provided information.
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A Chromium sandbox escape vulnerability used together with CVE-2024-7971 to deploy the FudModule rootkit into memory.
A vulnerability used as a Chromium sandbox escape in conjunction with CVE-2024-7971 to deploy FudModule into memory.
A vulnerability in the Windows kernel that allows sandbox escape, used as part of an exploit chain following RCE in Chromium. Patched by Microsoft on August 13, 2024.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Kernel that is being actively exploited in the wild.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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