Windows Agere Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege
CVE-2025-24990 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the legacy third-party Agere Modem driver ltmdm64.sys that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. The available reporting describes the flaw as an untrusted pointer dereference in the driver’s IOCTL handling path. A local attacker can exploit the vulnerable kernel-mode driver to escalate privileges on the affected system. Multiple sources in the provided content state that exploitation does not require the Agere modem hardware to be actively present or in use, because the vulnerable driver is included with Windows. Microsoft addressed the issue by removing ltmdm64.sys in the October 2025 cumulative update rather than patching the obsolete driver in place.
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This repository contains a full exploit for a vulnerability (CVE-2025-24990) in the Agere Modem Driver (ltmdm64.sys) on Windows. The exploit leverages insecure IOCTL handling (METHOD_NEITHER) to achieve arbitrary kernel memory read/write, which is then used to modify the Protection Level (PPL) of any process, effectively enabling or disabling process protection. The exploit supports both a 'data-only' technique and a more stable 'ioring' technique for Windows 11 22H2+. The codebase is organized into two main exploit paths: - src_data_only: Implements the exploit using direct IOCTL manipulation and data-only primitives for arbitrary read/write. - src_ioring: Implements the exploit using the ioring kernel feature for more stable arbitrary read/write on newer Windows versions. The main entry points are 'src_data_only/demo.cpp' and 'src_ioring/main.cpp', which take a target PID and desired protection level as arguments. The exploit requires the vulnerable driver to be loaded manually and, on some systems, SeDebugPrivilege to leak kernel addresses. The exploit is operational and provides a reliable local privilege escalation path on affected systems.
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A vulnerability in the ltmdm64.sys Agere Modem driver caused by insecure IOCTL handling leading to null pointer dereference, arbitrary command execution, or system crash.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Agere Modem Driver reported as exploited and included in CISA KEV.
An in-the-wild exploited local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Agere Modem driver ltmdm64.sys enabling administrative privilege gain.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Agere modem driver shipped with Windows, allowing attackers to elevate privileges to SYSTEM even if no Agere modem is present.
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