Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2024-43553

Vulnerability identifier: #VU98279

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43553

CWE-ID: CWE-822

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference in NT OS Kernel. A local attacker can gain Kernel Memory Access.

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

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Microsoft Windows - addressed in versions 10 21H2 10.0.19044.5011, 10 22H2 10.0.19045.5011, 10 1507 10.0.10240.20796, 10 1607 10.0.14393.7428, 10 1809 10.0.17763.6414, 11 21H2 10.0.22000.3260, 11 22H2 10.0.22621.4317, 11 23H2 10.0.22631.4317, 11 24H2 10.0.26100.2033
Windows Server - addressed in versions 2008 R2 6.1.7601.27366, 2008 6.0.6003.22918, 2012 R2 6.3.9600.22221, 2012 6.2.9200.25118, 2022 23H2 10.0.25398.1189, 2022 10.0.20348.2762

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43553

• Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Microsoft NT OS Kernel