CVE-2024-43590 (GCVE-0-2024-43590)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-08 17:36 – Updated: 2025-07-08 15:39
VLAI?
Summary
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| Microsoft | Visual C++ Redistributable Installer |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 14.40.33816
(custom)
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Nomenclature
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