Privilege escalation in Facebook Oculus Desktop

CVE-2021-24038

Due to a bug with management of handles in OVRServiceLauncher.exe, an attacker could expose a privileged process handle to an unprivileged process, leading to local privilege escalation. This issue affects Oculus Desktop versions after 1.39 and prior to 31.1.0.67.507.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24038?
CVE-2021-24038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Oculus Desktop, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-24038?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.