CVE-2024-37965: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-37965 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) identified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation). The vulnerability allows an attacker with some privileges to escalate their permissions due to insufficient validation of input. The CVSS v3.1 score is 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability, and the affected versions include exactly 13.0.0 and 14.0.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their permissions to a higher level, potentially gaining full control over the SQL Server instance. This could lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption of database services.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) versions 13.0.0 and 14.0.0 should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37965 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-37965: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation 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
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-37965 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) identified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation). The vulnerability allows an attacker with some privileges to escalate their permissions due to insufficient validation of input. The CVSS v3.1 score is 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability, and the affected versions include exactly 13.0.0 and 14.0.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their permissions to a higher level, potentially gaining full control over the SQL Server instance. This could lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption of database services.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) versions 13.0.0 and 14.0.0 should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37965 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-10T21:22:19.228Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37965","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c74b7ef31ef0b56432d
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:44:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 72
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