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CVE-2025-24990Windows Agere Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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.
7.8 HIGHEPSS 6.51%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | HIGH | 3.1microsoft (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 7.8 | HIGH | 3.1microsoft (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Nov 4, 2025
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-24990
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- microsoft
- Published
- Oct 14, 2025
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 08:59 UTC
- Weaknesses
- CWE-822 · Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 15071 version range
- 10.0.10240.0 before 10.0.10240.21161
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 16071 version range
- 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8519
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 18091 version range
- 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7919
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H21 version range
- 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.6456
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H21 version range
- 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.6456
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 22H21 version range
- 10.0.22621.0 before 10.0.22621.6060
MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 23H21 version range
- 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.6060
MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 24H21 version range
- 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.6899
MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 25H21 version range
- 10.0.26200.0 before 10.0.26200.6899
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 11 version range
- 6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27974
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27974
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 21 version range
- 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.23571
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.23571
MicrosoftWindows Server 20121 version range
- 6.2.9200.0 before 6.2.9200.25722
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 6.2.9200.0 before 6.2.9200.25722
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R21 version range
- 6.3.9600.0 before 6.3.9600.22824
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 6.3.9600.0 before 6.3.9600.22824
MicrosoftWindows Server 20161 version range
- 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8519
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8519
MicrosoftWindows Server 20191 version range
- 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7919
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7919
MicrosoftWindows Server 20221 version range
- 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.4294
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 10.0.25398.0 before 10.0.25398.1913
MicrosoftWindows Server 20251 version range
- 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.6899
MicrosoftWindows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)1 version range
- 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.6899
References
- msrc.microsoft.com https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990
- vicarius.io https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-detection-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows
- vicarius.io https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-mitigation-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows
- cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24990