Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 Kernel untrusted pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016/Server 2019/Server 2022 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to untrusted pointer dereference. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-37979. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016/Server 2019/Server 2022 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-822. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/08/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37979. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for 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 10/08/2024).

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: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-822
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-37979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-37979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279653

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2024 19:42
Updated: 10/08/2024 19:45
Changes: 10/08/2024 19:42 (35), 10/08/2024 19:45 (34)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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