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CVE-2026-24291

Windows Accessibility Infrastructure (ATBroker.exe) - Windows

Microsoft CVSS 7.8 Updated March 15, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Accessibility Infrastructure due to incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource, allowing an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated access to sensitive system resources."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset ATBroker.exe
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: ATBroker.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'ATBroker.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$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

Accessibility services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Windows Accessibility Infrastructure requires patching to prevent local privilege escalation attacks.

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