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Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30077) is a security flaw discovered and disclosed in June 2024. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions. Microsoft has assigned this vulnerability a high severity rating with a CVSS base score of 8.0 (Microsoft MSRC).
The vulnerability is classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) that could allow remote code execution. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.0 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges and user interaction (NVD).
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve high levels of confidentiality breach, integrity compromise, and availability impact on affected systems. The vulnerability's high CVSS score indicates potential severe consequences for organizations using affected Windows systems (Microsoft MSRC).
The vulnerability requires network access and user interaction for successful exploitation. It has a low attack complexity rating, suggesting that once the prerequisites are met, executing the attack may not require sophisticated techniques (NVD).
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected Windows versions. The patches are available through Windows Update and can be identified by their respective KB numbers for different Windows versions, including KB5039211 for Windows 10, KB5039212 for Windows 11, and various other KB articles for different Windows Server versions (Rapid7).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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