CVE-2024-43532: CWE-636: Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Remote Registry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43532 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507's Remote Registry Service that results from improper handling of failure states, categorized as CWE-636 (Not Failing Securely). This flaw allows an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges due to the service 'failing open' instead of securely failing. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges to a higher level, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. The impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the vendor's patch promptly to remediate the issue. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', no additional mitigations are necessary beyond applying the update.
CVE-2024-43532: CWE-636: Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Remote Registry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43532 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507's Remote Registry Service that results from improper handling of failure states, categorized as CWE-636 (Not Failing Securely). This flaw allows an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges due to the service 'failing open' instead of securely failing. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges to a higher level, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. The impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the vendor's patch promptly to remediate the issue. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', no additional mitigations are necessary beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.531Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a28672b8dd33fbd857232b1
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:19:07 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:22:46 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 139
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