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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2024-43625 Microsoft Windows VMSwitch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Windows 11 and Windows Server Critical 28-11-2024

Technical Information

An authenticated attacker with low privileges can trigger a use after free vulnerability by sending a specific series of networking requests to the VMswitch driver in the Hyper-V host, gaining SYSTEM privilege.

Patch release date: Nov 12, 2024
Further information on this vulnerability is available at : CVE-2024-43625

Affected Software

Windows Server 2022,
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation),
Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems,
Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems,
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems,
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation),
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems,
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2025,
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)