Description
A DLL Hijacking caused by drive remapping combined with a poisoning of the activation cache in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated attacker to elevate from a medium integrity process to a high integrity process without the intervention of a UAC prompt.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 | 10.0.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 | 10.0.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | 10.0.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 10.0.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 | 10.0.0 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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fortra/CVE-2024-6769 ★ 79 · Aug 29, 2024
Activation cache poisoning to elevate from medium to high integrity (CVE-2024-6769)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2024-2228 Microsoft Windows: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 29, 2024