CVE-2024-21357CriticalCVSS 8.1

Windows Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
February 13, 2024
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-21357 →

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment.

According to the CVSS score, the attack vector is network (AV:N). What does this mean for this vulnerability? Windows Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) produces multicast traffic that runs on layer 4 and is routable. Therefore this vulnerability can be exploited over the network.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted malicious traffic to a vulnerable server.

🎯 Affected products36

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • +6 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5034768 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.5458 KB5034770 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2322 KB5034766 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2777 KB5034763 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.4046 KB5034765 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.3155 KB5034763 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.4046 KB5034765 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.3155 KB5034769 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.709 KB5034774 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20469 KB5034767 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.6709 KB5034795 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22511 KB5034833 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22511 KB5034831 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26961 KB5034809 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26961 KB5034830 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24710 KB5034819 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21813

🔗 References (29)