Local privilege escalation via untrusted pointer dereference
Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
Untrusted pointer dereference in the Windows DWM Core Library allows local users to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. Microsoft identifies the weakness class but has not published the affected function or the pointer-handling operation that accepts untrusted data. Low-privileged local access is required, and exploitation needs no user interaction while granting control over system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted pointer dereference in the Windows DWM Core Library allows local users to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. Microsoft identifies the weakness class but has not published the affected function or the pointer-handling operation that accepts untrusted data. Low-privileged local access is required, and exploitation needs no user interaction while granting control over system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43629
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-822, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.6532
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