FKIE_CVE-2025-24990

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-14 17:15 - Updated: 2025-11-18 17:03
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Microsoft is aware of vulnerabilities in the third party Agere Modem driver that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. This is an announcement of the upcoming removal of ltmdm64.sys driver. The driver has been removed in the October cumulative update. Fax modem hardware dependent on this specific driver will no longer work on Windows. Microsoft recommends removing any existing dependencies on this hardware.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-detection-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windowsThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-mitigation-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windowsMitigation, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24990US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_10_1507 *
microsoft windows_10_1607 *
microsoft windows_10_1809 *
microsoft windows_10_21h2 *
microsoft windows_10_22h2 *
microsoft windows_11_22h2 *
microsoft windows_11_23h2 *
microsoft windows_11_24h2 *
microsoft windows_11_25h2 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_server_2012 -
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2
microsoft windows_server_2016 *
microsoft windows_server_2019 *
microsoft windows_server_2022 *
microsoft windows_server_2022_23h2 *
microsoft windows_server_2025 *
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