CVE-2024-26213: Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Apr

Released

2024-04-09

Last Updated

2024-06-26

EPSS Score

0.46% (percentile: 64.3%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

Affected Products (1)

Windows

• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (1)

• 5036910

Acknowledgments

Emma Kirkpatrick (<a href=https://twitter.com/carrot_c4k3>@carrot_c4k3</a>), Naceri with MSRC Vulnerabilities &amp; Mitigations

Revision History

• 2024-04-09: Information published.
• 2024-06-26: Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.