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CVE-2024-26242

Windows Telephony Server

Microsoft CVSS 7 Updated March 14, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"The Windows Telephony Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-26242, poses a risk where an attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable system. This could potentially allow the attacker to perform actions that would normally be restricted, posing a significant security risk to the system and its data."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Service
Target Asset TapiSrv
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: TapiSrv (Service)
$Targets = 'TapiSrv'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Telephony services

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest security updates to mitigate Windows Telephony Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-26242), which may require a system reboot and could temporarily disrupt telephony services.

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