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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-26169High confidence

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2024-07-04 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:Critical, raised one band.upgradedsince 13 Jun 2024

Evidence used

  • CISA confirms exploitation in the wild.
  • Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
  • EPSS is 4.01% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Microsoft Windows and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 3 daysRemediation target: Within 90 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

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National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2024-23445

CISA KEV mirrored by ENISA

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Recorded by ENISA since 13 Jun 2024. Evidence sources: cisa_kev.
ENISA score
7.8 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
2 linked advisory records
Recommended actionPatch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2024-07-04 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

What

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Why

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Why

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Confirmed in the wild

CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2024-06-13. Known ransomware campaign use is recorded.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Improper Privilege Management → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-269 ↗

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-269CISA KEV
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-23445Known-exploited evidence recorded

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Official EUVD record ↗
BSI · German · WID-SEC-2024-0619Microsoft Windows: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Windows ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder Infor mationen offenzulegen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20240313Security Bulletin 13 Mar 2024

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 13 Mar 2024, published on 13 March 2024. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0205Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows

024-26159 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26159 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26160 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26160 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26161 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26161 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26162 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26162 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26166 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26166 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26169 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26169 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26170 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26170 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26173 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26173 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26174 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26174 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-26176 du 12 mars 2024 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26176 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2024-

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2024-003538マイクロソフトの複数の Microsoft Windows 製品における権限を昇格される脆弱性

マイクロソフトの Microsoft Windows 10、Windows 11、Windows Server には、Windows エラー報告サービスに不備があるため、権限を昇格される脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6223美 CISA 발표 주요 Exploit 정보공유(Update. 2024-06-13)

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6135MS 3월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

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Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 12 Mar 2024 · Last source change 21 Oct 2025, 23:05 UTC · CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-23445
Product sourceCISA KEV
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceOther authority
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.5576; 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.5576; 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.2340; 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.2836; 10.0.19043.0 < 10.0.19044.4170; 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.3296 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    After
    Windows 10 Version 1809: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.5576, 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.5576; Windows Server 2019: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.5576; Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.5576; Windows Server 2022: 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.2340; Windows 11 version 21H2: 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.2836; Windows 10 Version 21H2: 10.0.19043.0 < 10.0.19044.4170; Windows 11 version 22H2: 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.3296; Windows 10 Version 22H2: 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.4170; Windows 11 version 22H3: 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.3296; Windows 11 Version 23H2: 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.3296; Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation): 10.0.25398.0 < 10.0.25398.763; Windows 10 Version 1507: 10.0.10240.0 < 10.0.10240.20526; Windows 10 Version 1607: 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.6796; Windows Server 2016: 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.6796; Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.6796; Windows Server 2012 R2: 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.21871; Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation): 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.21871 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Added to CISA KEV
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-23445↗CISA KEV record↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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