CVE-2024-30068HighCVSS 8.8

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
July 20, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-30068 →

📋 Description

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege AppContainer. The attacker could elevate their privileges and execute code or access resources at a higher integrity level than that of the AppContainer execution environment.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.

🎯 Affected products26

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5039217 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.5936 KB5039227 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2527 KB5039330 (Security Hotpatch Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2522 KB5039213 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.3019 KB5039211 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.4529 KB5039212 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.3737 KB5039211 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.4529 KB5039212 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.3737 KB5039236 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.950 KB5039225 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20680 KB5039214 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7070

🔗 References (19)