CVE-2024-30023
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30023) was disclosed on May 14, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating its significant security impact (Microsoft MSRC).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Numeric Truncation Error (CWE-197) with a CVSS vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires high attack complexity, needs no privileges, requires user interaction, and if successfully exploited, could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on affected systems, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The high severity rating across all three impact metrics (C:H/I:H/A:H) suggests that successful exploitation could result in significant system compromise (Microsoft MSRC).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires network access (AV:N) but has high attack complexity (AC:H) and requires user interaction (UI:R). No authentication is needed to exploit the vulnerability (PR:N), though the high complexity suggests that successful exploitation may be challenging (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected systems including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (21H2 through 23H2), and Windows Server versions (2008 through 2022). Users are advised to apply the appropriate security updates to mitigate this vulnerability (NVD).

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