CVE-2024-37341: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-37341 and categorized under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR), specifically versions 13.0.0 and 14.0.0. It allows an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official security update to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected SQL Server instance. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, modification of data, and disruption of database availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37341 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-37341: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
Description
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-37341 and categorized under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR), specifically versions 13.0.0 and 14.0.0. It allows an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official security update to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected SQL Server instance. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, modification of data, and disruption of database availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37341 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-05T20:19:26.777Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37341","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c66b7ef31ef0b563abe
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:40:54 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:44:14 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 96
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