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CVE-2023-24914:
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Overview
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-24914, was disclosed on January 31, 2023. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows systems, specifically Windows 11 22H2 versions up to (but not including) 10.0.22621.1555 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue. Microsoft has assigned it a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This scoring indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, has high attack complexity, needs low privileges, requires no user interaction, and can potentially impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability at high levels (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows systems. Given the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation could result in high impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Windows 11 22H2 systems to version 10.0.22621.1555 or later to mitigate the risk (NVD).
Additional resources
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