CVE tracker / CVE-2024-43502
CVE-2024-43502
CVE-2024-43502 is the Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.1. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published October 8, 2024.
Risk summary
HighElevation of Privilege
7.1
CVSS v3 base
6.3%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
More Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 10 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5044273 · fixed build 10.0.19045.5011, 10.0.19044.5011
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5044277 · fixed build 10.0.17763.6414
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
What Microsoft changed
- October 8, 2024: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- October 8, 2024
- Last revised
- October 8, 2024
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References
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