CVE-2024-43623
Published: 12 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-43623 is a high-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-43623 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows NT OS Kernel. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 and is associated with CWE-190. The flaw affects the Windows kernel component and was published on 12 November 2024.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue without user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the ability to elevate privileges, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Microsoft has published an advisory for the vulnerability at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43623 that addresses mitigation steps and available updates. The current EPSS score of 0.0535, with a peak of 0.0583, indicates low and stable exploitation probability.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40369
Vulnerability details
Windows NT OS 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
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.