Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 23H2 Resume Extensible Firmware Interface untrusted pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Resume Extensible Firmware Interface. This manipulation causes untrusted pointer dereference. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-37983. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Resume Extensible Firmware Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-822. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/08/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-37983. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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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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-2024-37983 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-37983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279655
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2024 19:43
Updated: 10/08/2024 19:46
Changes: 10/08/2024 19:43 (35), 10/08/2024 19:46 (34)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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