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CVE-2024-30051

high

Description

Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

From the Tenable Blog

Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)
Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)

Published: 2024-05-14

Microsoft addresses 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release with one critical vulnerability and three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30051

https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/microsoft-fixes-114-windows-flaws-in.html

https://securelist.com/apt-report-q3-2024/114623/

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/microsoft-windows-dwm-zero-day-mass-exploit

https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/microsoft-patches-61-flaws-including.html

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-60-windows-vulns-warns-of-active-zero-day-exploitation/

https://securelist.com/cve-2024-30051/112618/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-may-2025-patch-tuesday-addresses-71-cves-cve-2025-32701-cve-2025-32706

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-patch-tuesday-2024-year-in-review

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-may-2024-patch-tuesday-addresses-59-cves-cve-2024-30051-cve-2024-30040

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-30051

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-14

Updated: 2025-10-28

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.56585