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CVE-2024-26236:
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Overview
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-26236) was disclosed on April 9, 2024. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23H2 versions up to (excluding) 10.0.25398.830 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned 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. It is classified as a race condition vulnerability (CWE-362) by NIST and as a sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory issue (CWE-591) by Microsoft (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve elevation of privilege on affected systems. Given the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (Microsoft Advisory).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires local access and high attack complexity to exploit. An attacker needs low privileges and no user interaction to successfully exploit this vulnerability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update KB5036910 for affected Windows Server 2022 23H2 systems (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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