CVE-2024-6769

Medium to High Integrity Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2024 at 08:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: df4dee71-de3a-4139-9588-11b62fe6c0ff
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://github.com/fortra/CVE-2024-6769

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUMFortra
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-426CWE-427

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