Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2024 · Assigned by Fortra
CVE-2024-6769Medium to High Integrity Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled search path in Windows 10 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 | 10.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-426, CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H