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Windows Agere Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege

IdentifiersCVE-2025-24990CWE-822· Untrusted Pointer Dereference

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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Successful exploitation allows local privilege escalation to administrative or SYSTEM-level privileges on affected Windows systems. Because the flaw is in a kernel driver, compromise can enable full takeover of the host, including disabling or evading security controls, persistence, credential theft, and use as a post-compromise step in broader attack chains. The provided content also states the vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild and may have been leveraged for EDR evasion.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, identify systems where ltmdm64.sys is present and remove or disable the driver where operationally feasible, and eliminate dependencies on Agere modem hardware. Restrict local code execution opportunities, minimize local user privileges, and monitor for suspicious interaction with the driver/device interface as interim risk reduction. However, the provided content indicates Microsoft’s intended fix is driver removal, so update deployment is the primary mitigation.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply the October 2025 Windows cumulative update or later security updates that remove the vulnerable ltmdm64.sys Agere Modem driver from supported Windows systems. Microsoft’s stated remediation is permanent removal of the obsolete driver. Organizations using fax modem hardware dependent on ltmdm64.sys should migrate away from that hardware/driver dependency, as the device will no longer function once the update is installed.
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CVE-2025-24990_POCMaturityPoCVerified exploit

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.

moiz-2xDisclosed Oct 16, 2025cppclocal
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VendorProductType
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1507operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1607operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1809operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 21h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 22h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 22h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 24h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 25h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 2h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008 Sp2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2016operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2019operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2025operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 23h2operating_system

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