Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Wireless Wide Area Network Service heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Wireless Wide Area Network Service. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-49081. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Wireless Wide Area Network Service. 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. CVE summarizes:

Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The weakness was presented 12/10/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-49081. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/08/2025).

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: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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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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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

12/10/2024 🔍
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01/08/2025 +29 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49081 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-287588
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2024 19:14
Updated: 01/08/2025 14:56
Changes: 12/10/2024 19:14 (23), 12/10/2024 19:15 (12), 12/10/2024 19:18 (34), 01/08/2025 14:56 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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