CVE-2024-26211: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-26211) was disclosed on April 9, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).

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 classified this as a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) (NVD).

This elevation of privilege vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain higher privileges on affected systems, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).

The vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to exploit. An attacker would need low privileges and no user interaction to successfully exploit this vulnerability (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected systems. Updates are available for Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (21H2 through 23H2), and Windows Server versions (2012 R2 through 2022) (Rapid7).