CVE-2024-6769

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.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-002
https://github.com/fortra/CVE-2024-6769

Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Aug 2025, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-427

Information

Published : 2024-09-26 21:15

Updated : 2025-08-29 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-6769

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6769

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6769

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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