{
  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2024-26169",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Windows Error Reporting — privilege handed to a local user",
  "summary": "The Windows Error Reporting Service manages privileges improperly, so an attacker who already runs code as an ordinary user reaches the machine's highest account (SYSTEM). Ransomware operators are using it in live intrusions.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 7.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.04014,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-06-13",
    "prerequisites": "The attacker must already be able to run code as a local user."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1068"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "privilege_escalation",
  "recommended_action": "Install the March 2024 Windows update across the estate. This is what a ransomware crew reaches for after the first foothold, not the way in, so endpoints matter more than servers here.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "provenance": [
    {
      "fields": [
        "cvss",
        "exploitation.attack_complexity",
        "exploitation.exploit_available",
        "references",
        "published_at"
      ],
      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26169",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
    {
      "fields": [
        "exploitation.known_exploited",
        "exploitation.kev_added"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
    {
      "fields": [
        "epss"
      ],
      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-26169",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
    {
      "fields": [
        "title",
        "summary",
        "severity",
        "remediation",
        "mitre_attack",
        "kill_chain",
        "recommended_action",
        "confidence",
        "tags",
        "exploitation.prerequisites"
      ],
      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26169",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "claude-code"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26169",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26169"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2024-03-12T17:15:56.173Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
  "tags": [
    "microsoft",
    "windows",
    "error-reporting",
    "privilege-escalation",
    "ransomware",
    "kev"
  ]
}