microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2024-49138 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on December 12, 2024

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Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 31, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-49138 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-49138

You can be notified by stack.watch whenever vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-49138 are published in these products:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 
Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 
Microsoft Windows 11 24h2
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 
Microsoft Windows 11 23h2
 
Microsoft Windows 11
 

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