Microsoft Windows Installer Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2024-09-10
Federal due date
2024-10-01
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
EPSS
94.2th percentile (score 0.128, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38014

CISA short description

Microsoft Windows Installer contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.