CVE-2024-38120HighCVSS 8.8

Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

CVE-2024-38120 →

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution? This attack requires an admin user on the client to connect to a malicious server, and that could allow the attacker to gain code execution on the client.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into sending a request to a malicious server. This could result in the server returning malicious data that might cause arbitrary code execution on the user's system.

🎯 Affected products17

  • 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
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5041578 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6189 KB5041160 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2655 KB5041573 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1085 KB5041773 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7259 KB5041850 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22825 KB5041847 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22825 KB5041838 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27277 KB5041823 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27277 KB5041851 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.25031 KB5041828 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.22134

🔗 References (21)