CVE-2024-49043

Local code execution via untrusted DLL search path

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025

Untrusted search path in Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Configuration.dll in SQL Server 2016 through 2022 builds allows local users to execute code. The XEvent configuration assembly searches for a DLL through an untrusted path, allowing attacker-controlled code to load. Exploitation requires user interaction and runs code in the victim process; Microsoft has not disclosed the searched DLL or exact trigger.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.61%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path in Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Configuration.dll in SQL Server 2016 through 2022 builds allows local users to execute code. The XEvent configuration assembly searches for a DLL through an untrusted path, allowing attacker-controlled code to load. Exploitation requires user interaction and runs code in the victim process; Microsoft has not disclosed the searched DLL or exact trigger.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-49043
Published
Nov 12, 2024
Updated
Jul 8, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
Classifications
CWE-426, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=13.0.0 <13.0.7050.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Packversion=13.0.0 <13.0.7050.2
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022version=16.0.0 <16.0.1135.2; version=16.0.0 <16.0.4155.4
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019version=15.0.0 <15.0.2130.3; version=15.0.0 <15.0.4410.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2017version=14.0.0 <14.0.2070.1; version=14.0.0 <14.0.3485.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3version=13.0.0 <13.0.6455.2

Published CVSS scores

7.8Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
T1574.001DLL Search Order Hijacking

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