CVE-2024-20686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2024-01-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

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

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.25398.0`	affected	< 10.0.25398.643

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-18401	Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20686

History

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_23h2:10.0.25398.643:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Microsoft windows Server 23h2

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-01-09T17:57:06.531Z

Updated: 2025-05-03T01:46:48.106Z

Reserved: 2023-11-28T22:58:12.118Z

Link: CVE-2024-20686

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:42.931Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-09T18:15:51.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:52:55.383

Link: CVE-2024-20686

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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