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2024-09-13 18:12:32

Will Dormann on Nostr: This September's release of CVE-2024-38014 mitigates an entire class of LPE ...

This September's release of CVE-2024-38014 mitigates an entire class of LPE vulnerabilities on Windows. 🎉

That is, prior to this update, a non-admin user can trigger an MSI repair operation, which might do some unsafe things with SYSTEM privileges.

After this update, such MSI files will prompt the user for admin credentials.
https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/msi-installer-repair-to-system-a-detailed-journey/


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