Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. 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.
Security updates
10.0.20348.5499 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120242
10.0.20348.5440 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120229
10.0.26100.33296 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120233
10.0.26100.33222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120228
10.0.26200.9168 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5121003
10.0.26200.9106 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120994
10.0.22631.7517 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120240
10.0.28000.2704 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5121000
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
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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#4
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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#3
Acknowledgement Updated
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#2
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-61359 Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-61359
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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