Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been identified in the Windows TCP/IP driver, allowing an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. This vulnerability affects several versions of Windows, including various releases of Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2019.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Remediation

Users can apply the security updates provided by Microsoft to address this vulnerability. These security updates are available through the Microsoft Update Catalog. Specific update details can be found in the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles KB5062552, KB5062553, KB5062554, KB5062572, KB5062570, KB5062557, KB5062592, KB5062597, and KB5062632.