CVE-2021-24038

HIGH

Oculus Desktop 1.39-31.1.0.67.507 - Local Privilege Escalation via OVRServiceLauncher Handle Mismanagement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Due to a bug with management of handles in OVRServiceLauncher.exe, an attacker could expose a privileged process handle to an unprivileged process, leading to local privilege escalation. This issue affects Oculus Desktop versions after 1.39 and prior to 31.1.0.67.507.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24038

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
oculus/desktop 1.39 - 31.1.0.67.507
Published Aug 19, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026