CVE-2024-38259: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Microsoft Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38259) was disclosed on September 10, 2024. This vulnerability affects various versions of Microsoft Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 operating systems. The vulnerability has been assigned a high severity CVSS base score of 8.8 (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that it is network exploitable, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Windows, including Windows 11 21H2, 22H2, 23H2, 24H2, and Windows Server 2022 (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system, potentially gaining the same level of privileges as the compromised user. The high CVSS score of 8.8 indicates severe potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through various KB updates including KB5043067 for Windows 11 21H2, KB5043076 for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2, KB5043080 for Windows 11 24H2, KB5042881 for Windows Server 2022 21H2 and 22H2, and KB5043055 for Windows Server 2022 23H2 (Rapid7).