CVE-2024-49102
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49102) was disclosed on December 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 8.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by the high impact scores across all three security metrics (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected Windows versions. Users are advised to apply the latest security updates to their systems (Microsoft Advisory).

Additional resources


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