CVE-2024-6769

high

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

References
More

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/exploit-chain-windows-uac-bypass

https://www.fortra.com/blog/cve-2024-6769-poisoning-activation-cache-elevate-medium-high-integrity

https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-09-26

Updated: 2024-09-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.27154