CVE-2024-49051: Microsoft PC Manager 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

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Nov

Released

2024-11-12

Last Updated

2024-12-31

EPSS Score

0.61% (percentile: 69.9%)

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker would be able to delete any system files. How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.

Affected Products (1)

Apps

• Microsoft PC Manager

Security Updates (1)

• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/sim0nsecurity">Simon (@sim0nsecurity)</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/crispr56338851">BochengXiang(@Crispr)</a> with <a href="https://secsys.fudan.edu.cn/">FDU</a>

Revision History

• 2024-11-12: Information published.
• 2024-12-31: To comprehensively address CVE-2024-49051, Microsoft released security updates on December 10, 2024 for Microsoft PC Manager. Microsoft recommends that customers running this product install the updates to be fully protected from the vulnerability.