CVE-2024-43636: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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
- More Likely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2024-Nov
- Released
- 2024-11-12
- EPSS Score
- 0.30% (percentile: 53.2%)
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.
Affected Products (29)
Windows
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- 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 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 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
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
ESU
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Security Updates (11)
Acknowledgments
Joe Bialek (Microsoft Offensive Research & Security Engineering)
Revision History
- 2024-11-12: Information published.