CVE-2024-49097: Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc 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-Dec
Released: 2024-12-10
EPSS Score: 0.16% (percentile: 36.7%)

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 (21)

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 Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
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 Server 2025

Security Updates (8)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://x.com/nevul37">Jongseong Kim (nevul37)</a> with <a href="https://security.ajou.ac.kr/security/index.do">Ajou University</a>, <a href="https://x.com/rotiple320">Hyeongseok Jang (rotiple)</a>

Revision History

2024-12-10: Information published.