Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
Security updates
10.0.19044.7846 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131096
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.0
Windows USM Communication Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows USM Communication Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-97000 Windows USM Communication Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97000
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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