Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-24949

High

Published: 09 May 2023

Published
09 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0654 91.3th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-24949 is a high-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 8.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-24949 is a Windows Kernel elevation of privilege vulnerability that affects the core operating system component responsible for managing system resources and access controls. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 and is associated with CWE-190 integer overflow or wraparound.

An attacker with low privileges and local access can exploit the flaw without user interaction to obtain full administrative control, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.

Microsoft's security update guide at the referenced MSRC advisory addresses patches and mitigation steps for this issue. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0654 and a peak of 0.0790.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4377
microsoft
windows 10 20h2
≤ 10.0.19042.2965
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.2965
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.2965
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.1936
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22000.1702
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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