Local privilege escalation via TOCTOU race
Published Jun 11, 2024 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
A TOCTOU race in Microsoft Windows Perception Service allows local users with low privileges to create or delete files as LOCAL SERVICE. Microsoft identifies the weakness as a time-of-check time-of-use race but has not disclosed the raced resource or the service operations involved. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and winning a high-complexity race; success alters files with LOCAL SERVICE rights.
Summary
What happened
A TOCTOU race in Microsoft Windows Perception Service allows local users with low privileges to create or delete files as LOCAL SERVICE. Microsoft identifies the weakness as a time-of-check time-of-use race but has not disclosed the raced resource or the service operations involved. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and winning a high-complexity race; success alters files with LOCAL SERVICE rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35265
- Published
- Jun 11, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-367, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.5936
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