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CVE record · CVE-2023-38139

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0093 · 60th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 12 Sept 2023, 16:58 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.4851 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.4851 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.4851 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.4851 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1970 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.2416 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19044.3448 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
  • affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.2283 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
  • affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.3448 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.20162 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.6252 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.6252 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.6252 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.22264 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.22264 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.22264 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.26713 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.26713 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.24462 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.24462 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.21563 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.21563 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2023-38139
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Tags
Published
12 Sept 2023
Updated
30 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0093, the 60th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Sept 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.