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CVE-2024-38193

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.3/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
  • Fresh EPSS: 28.74%: +0.14

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 10 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Help Net Security
Press · 11 Feb 2025, 08:00 · Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391) - Help Net Security
www.gendigital.com
Press · 19 Sep 2024, 07:00 · Evolution of Lazarus ‘FudModule - no longer (stand)alone’ - www.gendigital.com
Microsoft
Press · 30 Aug 2024, 07:00 · North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet exploiting Chromium zero-day - Microsoft
The Hacker News
Press · 19 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group - The Hacker News
SecurityWeek
Press · 19 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Windows Zero-Day Attack Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus APT - SecurityWeek
See all 10 source documents
www.gendigital.com
Press · 16 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Safeguarding Digital Freedom: How a Gen Discovery Helped to Protect Windows Users Everywhere - www.gendigital.com
CrowdStrike
Press · 14 Aug 2024, 07:00 · August 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis - CrowdStrike
Arctic Wolf
Press · 14 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2024 Several Critical Vulnerability and Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities - Arctic Wolf
Krebs on Security
Press · 13 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push - Krebs on Security
SecurityWeek
Press · 13 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Microsoft Warns of Six Windows Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited - SecurityWeek

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.3 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 28.7%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:15.790101+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
13 Aug 2024, 00:00
First press mention
13 Aug 2024, 07:00
Published
13 Aug 2024, 17:29
Latest press mention
11 Feb 2025, 08:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:59
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories