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CVE-2024-6769
Microsoft Windows DLL Hijacking Elevation of Privilege
Description

A DLL Hijacking caused by drive remapping combined with a poisoning of the activation cache in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated attacker to elevate from a medium integrity process to a high integrity process without the intervention of a UAC prompt.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 26, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 30, 2024, 12:46 p.m.

Source :

df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-6769 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6769 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_server_2016
3 Microsoft windows_server_2019
4 Microsoft windows_server_2022
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-6769.

URL Resource
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Activation cache poisoning to elevate from medium to high integrity (CVE-2024-6769)

C++ C

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
42 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : Aug. 29, 2024, 4:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-6769 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Dark Reading
Novel Exploit Chain Enables Windows UAC Bypass

Source: Panther Media GmbH via Alamy Stock PhotoResearchers have flagged a weakness they're tracking as CVE-2024-6769, calling it a combination user access control (UAC) bypass/privilege escalation vu ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 27, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6769 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Received by df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff

    Sep. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A DLL Hijacking caused by drive remapping combined with a poisoning of the activation cache in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated attacker to elevate from a medium integrity process to a high integrity process without the intervention of a UAC prompt.
    Added Reference Fortra https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Fortra CWE-426
    Added CVSS V3.1 Fortra AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V4.0 Fortra CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-6769 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-6769 weaknesses.

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