---
id: 9220
title: "Windows Admin-to-Kernel Elevation of Privilege (CVE-2024-21338)"
cve: CVE-2024-21338
source_domain: yokai.hakaisecurity.io
source_url: "https://yokai.hakaisecurity.io/cve-2024-21338-from-admin-to-kernel-through-token-manipulation-and-windows-kernel-exploitation/"
published_at: "2024-04-10T17:19:07Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "kernel", "research"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/9220"
lang: en
---

# Windows Admin-to-Kernel Elevation of Privilege (CVE-2024-21338)

## Summary

On February 13th, 2024, Microsoft disclosed the CVE-2024-21338 based on the security report which allows for read/write in the kernel memory.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** yokai.hakaisecurity.io
- **CVE:** CVE-2024-21338
- **Published:** 2024-04-10T17:19:07Z
- **Original:** https://yokai.hakaisecurity.io/cve-2024-21338-from-admin-to-kernel-through-token-manipulation-and-windows-kernel-exploitation/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/9220