CVE-2024-43513: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
CVE-2024-43513 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 that involves a protection mechanism failure in the BitLocker security feature. This flaw could allow an attacker with physical access to bypass BitLocker protections, potentially leading to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the encrypted data. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43513 and classified under CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows bypassing of BitLocker security features, which are designed to protect data confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.4, reflecting a medium severity with attack vector requiring physical access and high attack complexity. The vulnerability has been officially fixed by Microsoft.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to an attacker bypassing BitLocker encryption protections, resulting in full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. The attack requires physical access and has high complexity, limiting the likelihood but increasing the potential impact on sensitive data protected by BitLocker.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided security updates to Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
CVE-2024-43513: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
CVE-2024-43513 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 that involves a protection mechanism failure in the BitLocker security feature. This flaw could allow an attacker with physical access to bypass BitLocker protections, potentially leading to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the encrypted data. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.4medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43513 and classified under CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows bypassing of BitLocker security features, which are designed to protect data confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.4, reflecting a medium severity with attack vector requiring physical access and high attack complexity. The vulnerability has been officially fixed by Microsoft.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to an attacker bypassing BitLocker encryption protections, resulting in full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. The attack requires physical access and has high complexity, limiting the likelihood but increasing the potential impact on sensitive data protected by BitLocker.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided security updates to Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.524Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a28672b8dd33fbd857232c6
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:19:07 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:21:45 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 08:48:46 UTC
Views: 87
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