Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-43452)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1295
Date Published:	23 Jan 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 23 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-43452
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 10 1809 prior to 10.0.17763.6532 Microsoft Windows 10 1809 prior to 10.0.17763.6532 Microsoft Windows 10 21H2 prior to 10.0.19044.5131 Microsoft Windows 10 21H2 prior to 10.0.19044.5131 Microsoft Windows 10 21H2 prior to 10.0.19044.5131 Microsoft Windows 10 22H2 prior to 10.0.19045.5131 Microsoft Windows 10 22H2 prior to 10.0.19045.5131 Microsoft Windows 10 22H2 prior to 10.0.19045.5131 Microsoft Windows 11 22H2 prior to 10.0.22621.4460 Microsoft Windows 11 22H2 prior to 10.0.22621.4460 Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 prior to 10.0.22631.4460 Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 prior to 10.0.22631.4460 Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 prior to 10.0.26100.2314 Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 prior to 10.0.26100.2314 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Standard without Hyper-v Edition on x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 prior to 10.0.17763.6532 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 prior to 10.0.20348.2849 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23H2 prior to 10.0.25398.1251 Microsoft Windows server 2025 prior to 10.0.26100.2314
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-43452) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-43452)