CVE-2024-30033: Windows Search Service 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-May

Released

2024-05-14

EPSS Score

0.86% (percentile: 75.1%)

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges. 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 take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment.

Affected Products (10)

Windows

• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems

Security Updates (4)

• 5037782
• 5037848
• 5037770
• 5037768

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/heegong123">HeeChan Kim (@heegong123) of THEORI</a> working with <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/">Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative</a>

Revision History

• 2024-05-14: Information published.