SYSTEM privilege escalation by physically proximate attackers
Published Dec 10, 2024 · Updated Jun 9, 2026
An elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Microsoft Windows Mobile Broadband Driver allows physically proximate attackers to gain SYSTEM access. Microsoft identifies integer overflow and out-of-bounds read weaknesses in the driver but has not disclosed the affected routine or input-processing path. Physical access to a target with an affected Windows build and mobile broadband hardware is required; successful exploitation grants SYSTEM privileges.
Summary
What happened
An elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Microsoft Windows Mobile Broadband Driver allows physically proximate attackers to gain SYSTEM access. Microsoft identifies integer overflow and out-of-bounds read weaknesses in the driver but has not disclosed the affected routine or input-processing path. Physical access to a target with an affected Windows build and mobile broadband hardware is required; successful exploitation grants SYSTEM privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49078
- Published
- Dec 10, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-190, CWE-125, T1068
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.6659
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