Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 up to Server 2022 Remote Desktop Licensing Service sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Remote Desktop Licensing Service. The manipulation leads to sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-38262. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Remote Desktop Licensing Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-591. The product stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked, which might cause the memory to be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager. This can make the data more accessible to external actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The weakness was published 10/08/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38262. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 10/22/2024).

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: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.5
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Class: Sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory
CWE: CWE-591 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

10/08/2024 🔍
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10/22/2024 +14 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279665
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2024 19:49
Updated: 10/22/2024 15:24
Changes: 10/08/2024 19:49 (35), 10/08/2024 19:53 (34), 10/22/2024 15:24 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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