CVE-2024-6769
Medium to High Integrity Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows
Severity Score
8.4
*CVSS v4
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
A DLL Hijacking caused by drive remapping combined with a poisoning of the activation cache in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated attacker to elevate from a medium integrity process to a high integrity process without the intervention of a UAC prompt.
*Credits:
Ricardo Narvaja, Nicolás Economou
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
User Interaction
System
Vulnerable | Subsequent
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2024-07-15 CVE Reserved
- 2024-09-26 CVE Published
- 2024-09-27 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-27 First Exploit
- 2024-10-02 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
CAPEC
- CAPEC-251: Local Code Inclusion
References (2)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" | 10.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "10.0.0" | en |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows 11 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11" | 10.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11" and version "10.0.0" | en |
Affected
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" | 10.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "10.0.0" | en |
Affected
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Server 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019" | 10.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019" and version "10.0.0" | en |
Affected
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Server 2022 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2022" | 10.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2022" and version "10.0.0" | en |
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