Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2024-08-13
Federal due date
2024-09-03
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
EPSS
87.6th percentile (score 0.034, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38107

CISA short description

Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation, enabling a local attacker to obtain 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.