PT-2024-6921 · Microsoft · Windows

Filip Dragović · CVE-2024-43551 · Published 2024-10-08 · Updated 2024-10-17

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Storage. It allows attackers to affect the system by exploiting errors in symbolic link handling, potentially enabling them to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-08144

CVE-2024-43551

Affected Products

Windows

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43551 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-08144 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-43551 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43551 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43551 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1843934801390178400 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.279722 · Note
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1843767296646352958 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1843710910730318296 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98647 · Telegram Post