Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 23H2 Secure Boot heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Secure Boot. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-38065. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Secure Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/09/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38065. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2024).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

07/09/2024 🔍
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07/12/2024 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270857
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 20:32
Updated: 07/12/2024 08:26
Changes: 07/09/2024 20:32 (35), 07/09/2024 20:35 (34), 07/12/2024 08:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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