.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Source data

Overview

Uncaught exception in .NET allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Impact & technical details

Elevation of Privilege

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the target system be set up in a specific manner and the attacker to have knowledge of that setup.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain ROOT privileges.

CVSS base score

7.8 / 10

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Highest base score supplied by MSRC for this record; the vector belongs to that score. Ratings can vary by product. Microsoft Important is displayed as High; Moderate is displayed as Medium.

Affected products

• .NET 10.0 installed on Linux
• .NET 10.0 installed on Mac OS
• .NET 10.0 installed on Windows
• .NET 8.0 installed on Linux
• .NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS
• .NET 8.0 installed on Windows
• .NET 9.0 installed on Linux
• .NET 9.0 installed on Mac OS

Source guidance

Remediation

The source provides update references without a separate remediation summary. Review the applicable update links below.

At least one Microsoft vendor-fix reference is available. Check each affected product for its applicable update, prerequisites, and supported version.

Authoritative sources & updates

Findings and update information come from the linked publishers. GTP compiles the public record and provides the recommendation above. CVSS ratings shown here come from Microsoft. NVD references provide additional public context.

• Microsoft Security Response Center (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft security update · 5122106 (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft security update · 5122104 (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft security update · 5122105 (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)