Microsoft Wireless Provisioning System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A double free vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Wireless Provisioning System, allowing an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. This vulnerability arises from improper memory management, creating opportunities for privilege escalation.

Impact

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

Remediation

Users can apply the security update for this vulnerability, which is available through the Microsoft Update Catalog. Specific update details can be found in the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles KB5068781, KB5068791, KB5068861, KB5068864, KB5068865, and KB5068966.