Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
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 have a deep understanding of the system. Successful exploitation is not guaranteed and depends on a combination of factors that might include the environment, system configuration, and the presence of additional security measures.
Security updates
10.0.20348.5761 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126655
10.0.22631.7652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126653
10.0.26100.9711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127648
10.0.26100.33650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126646
10.0.28000.3231 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127646
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.0
Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Storage allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-102191 Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102191
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss