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CVE-2021-24038

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected products

• Facebook Oculus Desktop: from 1.39 before 31.1.0.67.507 — fixed in 31.1.0.67.507

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Facebook Oculus Desktop 31.1.0.67.507. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24038
• https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24038

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