CVE-2023-24904 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24904

History

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_R2:6.1.7601.26519::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:6.0.6003.22070::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:6.0.6003.22070::::::x86:
Vendors & Products	Microsoft windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft windows Server 2008 Sp2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-05-09T17:03:08.848Z

Updated: 2025-07-10T16:39:05.969Z

Reserved: 2023-01-31T20:32:35.473Z

Link: CVE-2023-24904

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:11:42.549Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-09T18:15:12.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:48:44.667

Link: CVE-2023-24904

Redhat

No data.

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