Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Released: Oct 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- Microsoft
- CVE.org link
- CVE-2024-43502
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Max Severity
- Important
- Weakness
- CVSS Source
- Microsoft
- Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Metrics
- CVSS:3.1 7.1 / 6.2Base score metrics: 7.1 / Temporal score metrics: 6.2
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Exploit Code Maturity
Unproven
Remediation Level
Official Fix
Report Confidence
Confirmed
Please see Common Vulnerability Scoring System for more information on the definition of these metrics.
Exploitability
The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploited
- No
- Exploitability assessment
- Exploitation More Likely
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H), have no effect on integrity (I:N) and have a high impact on availability (A:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to disclose confidential information or make the service unavailable but does not allow the attacker to modify any data.
Acknowledgements
- Florian Schweins
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