CVE-2025-24990
Is CVE-2025-24990 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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public sources
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.
baseline read
auto · not a community verdict
Real — exploited in the wild
CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.
Based on CISA KEV
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows Agere Modem Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2025-10-14) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~6%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.
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Required action for Microsoft Windows: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2025-11-04. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.
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