CVE-2024-6769

Public Exploit

Medium to High Integrity Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows

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.

References

Link	Tags
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002
https://github.com/fortra/CVE-2024-6769

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-6769?: CVE-2024-6769 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-6769?: To fix CVE-2024-6769, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2024-6769 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2024-6769 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-6769?: CVE-2024-6769 affects Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2022.

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Description

Category

CWE-426 – Untrusted Search Path

References

Frequently Asked Questions