Executive Risk Summary
"A race condition vulnerability in the Windows Device Association Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data and system resources. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges and execute malicious code with system-level access."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Service
Target Asset Device Association Service
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: Device Association Service (Service)
$Targets = 'Device Association Service'
$SearchPaths = @("$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
Device Association Service
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2026-24296: Windows Device Association Service vulnerability allowing local privilege escalation, requiring patching and reboot to mitigate
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