CVE-2024-21324

Summary

CVE-2024-21324 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender for IoT. This elevation of privilege issue allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges and gain administrative control over affected systems. Successful exploitation could lead to significant security implications, including unauthorized access and data breaches. Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability, and it is strongly recommended that all users apply the update as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. Failure to do so could result in serious consequences for IoT networks.

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