CVE-2024-38138HighCVSS 7.5

Windows Deployment Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

CVE-2024-38138 →

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? For an attacker to exploit this vulnerability, they would need to have knowledge of a specific operation that triggers a memory allocation failure, specifically a use after free.

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the attacker to be an authenticated Windows Deployment Services user and to request a certain operation via an RPC call.

🎯 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

KB5044277 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6414 KB5042881 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2700 KB5043055 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1128 KB5043051 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7336 KB5043135 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22870 KB5043087 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22870 KB5043129 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27320 KB5043092 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27320 KB5043125 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.25073 KB5043138 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.22175

🔗 References (21)