CVE-2024-38144

HIGH

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-38144. PoCs published by Dor00tkit.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2024-38144, which leverages a malformed output buffer length in an IOCTL_KS_ENABLE_EVENT call to trigger a vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Streaming (KS) driver. The code demonstrates the exploitation of a buffer overflow or similar memory corruption issue by sending a crafted IOCTL request with an invalid buffer length (0xFFFFFFF1).

Description

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by Dor00tkit · poc
https://github.com/Dor00tkit/CVE-2024-38144

This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2024-38144, which leverages a malformed output buffer length in an IOCTL_KS_ENABLE_EVENT call to trigger a vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Streaming (KS) driver. The code demonstrates the exploitation of a buffer overflow or similar memory corruption issue by sending a crafted IOCTL request with an invalid buffer length (0xFFFFFFF1).

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Windows Kernel Streaming (KS) driver
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Windows system with the affected KS driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.3119
EPSS Percentile 98.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (17)
microsoft/windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20751
microsoft/windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7259
microsoft/windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.6189
microsoft/windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.4780
microsoft/windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.4780
microsoft/windows_11_21h2 < 10.0.22000.3147
microsoft/windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.4037
microsoft/windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.4037
microsoft/windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.1457
microsoft/windows_server_2008
... and 7 more
Published Aug 13, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026