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CVE-2024-20690:
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Overview
Windows Nearby Sharing Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20690) was disclosed on January 9, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10 (versions 1809, 21H2, 22H2) and Windows 11 (versions 21H2, 22H2, 23H2) (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-exploitable, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-310 (Cryptographic Issues) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability primarily affects the integrity of the system, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. If successfully exploited, it could allow an attacker to perform spoofing attacks through the Windows Nearby Sharing feature (MSRC).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Updates are available for affected versions through KB5034127 (Windows 10 1809), KB5034122 (Windows 10 21H2/22H2), KB5034121 (Windows 11 21H2), and KB5034123 (Windows 11 22H2/23H2) (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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