PT-2024-8152 · Microsoft · Windows Registry+4

Mateusz Jurczyk · Published 2024-11-12 · Updated 2025-06-17 · CVE-2024-43641

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 Registry versions prior to the fixed version

Description The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Registry, which can be exploited to gain elevated privileges on the system. This vulnerability is associated with an integer overflow. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

Recommendations As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Windows Registry until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-09693

CVE-2024-43641

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 11

Windows Registry

Windows Server 2025

References · 18

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-43641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-09693 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43641 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43641 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1934868205836882424 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1huyec7/poc_exploit_released_for_windows_registry · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/gbhackers_news/status/1876117934021685448 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/rodtrent/status/1856671905056543053 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/The_Cyber_News/status/1876117742266487239 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1934869712950972653 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1934866023171412125 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1856401914063118817 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/iSecurity/status/1876163091798606262 · Twitter Post