Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-30063

CVE-2024-30063:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Distributed File System (DFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-30063, was initially disclosed on June 11, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires adjacent network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-641 (Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources) (MSRC).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution with high confidentiality and integrity impacts, though availability is not affected. The attack requires adjacent network access and user interaction to succeed (MSRC).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected systems. Multiple KB updates are available including KB5039211 for Windows 10, KB5039212 for Windows 11, KB5039214 for Windows Server 2016, and various other patches for different Windows versions (Rapid7).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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