CVE-2024-49090 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver. The provided content identifies it as an Important-severity local privilege escalation issue with CVSS 7.8 and notes that Microsoft assessed exploitation as more likely within 30 days of release. The available material does not provide the root cause, vulnerable function, or memory-corruption primitive, so more specific technical characterization is currently not available.
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A Windows Common Log File System Driver elevation of privilege vulnerability assessed as more likely to be exploited within 30 days.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver that allows attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges.
Windows CLFS Driver elevation-of-privilege vulnerability; no user interaction required; could grant SYSTEM-level privileges.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver.
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