HIGH

CVE-2024-26169

Microsoft Windows 10 1507 2024-03-12 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

7.8

KEV

Description

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary dbcve.org

This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Error Reporting Service (WER). The WER service runs with elevated SYSTEM privileges and could allow a local attacker to gain higher-level system access by exploiting improper privilege validation in the service.

Mitigation

Apply the Microsoft security update for CVE-2024-26169 via Windows Update or by deploying the relevant patch through enterprise patch management systems.

Patch Commit

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

EPSS Score

4.01%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

90.1th percentile

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26169 Patch, Vendor Advisory https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-26169 US Government Resource

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