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CVE-2024-21309:
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Overview
Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21309) was disclosed on January 9, 2024. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows systems including Windows 11 (21H2, 22H2, 23H2) and Windows Server 2022 (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has identified this as a CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The high CVSS score indicates potential severe impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through KB5034121 for Windows 11 21H2, KB5034123 for Windows 11 22H2/23H2, and KB5034129/KB5034130 for Windows Server 2022 (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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