CVE-2025-24990
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-822 · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
7.8CVSS HIGH ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2025-10-14. US federal agencies must patch by 2025-11-04.
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-mitigation-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windowsAdvisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-detection-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windowsAdvisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24990