Vulnerability details
Advisory: SB2024041035 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows proxy driver
Vulnerable component: Windows
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26234
CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Description:
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the proxy driver. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
External links:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26234