CVE-2024-38203

Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)

Published: Nov 12, 2024

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CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.05%Medium
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Summary

Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This is a local vulnerability with a low attack complexity that does not require privileges or user interaction. It has a high impact on confidentiality but no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.2, indicating a medium severity level.

Impact

This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Given its local nature and high confidentiality impact, an attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability might be able to read sensitive data from the affected system, potentially compromising user or system information managed by the Windows Package Library Manager. The CVSS score of 6.2 suggests a significant but not critical level of risk. While the impact on confidentiality is high, there is no impact on integrity or availability, which may influence prioritization decisions.

Exploitation

There is no evidence that a public proof-of-concept exists. There is no evidence of proof of exploitation at the moment.

Patch

A patch is available. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability on November 12, 2024. Security teams should prioritize applying this patch to affected systems, especially those running the Windows Package Library Manager.

Mitigation

1. Apply the official patch released by Microsoft as soon as possible. 2. Limit local access to systems running the affected Windows Package Library Manager. 3. Monitor for any suspicious local activities or unauthorized access attempts. 4. Implement the principle of least privilege to minimize the potential impact if the vulnerability is exploited. 5. Keep systems and software up to date with the latest security patches. 6. Prioritize patching based on the criticality of affected systems and the sensitivity of data they handle.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Timeline

Detection in Vulnerability Scanners

Detection for the vulnerability has been added to Qualys (92186)

Nov 12, 2024 at 7:53 AM
First Article

Feedly found the first article mentioning CVE-2024-38203. See article

Nov 12, 2024 at 5:56 PM / CVE
CVSS Estimate

Feedly estimated the CVSS score as MEDIUM

Nov 12, 2024 at 5:57 PM
CVE Assignment

NVD published the first details for CVE-2024-38203

Nov 12, 2024 at 6:15 PM
EPSS

EPSS Score was set to: 0.05% (Percentile: 21.9%)

Nov 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM
CVSS

A CVSS base score of 5.5 has been assigned.

Nov 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM / nvd
EPSS

EPSS Score was set to: 0.05% (Percentile: 22%)

Nov 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Static CVE Timeline Graph

Affected Systems

Microsoft/windows_10_21h2
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Patches

Microsoft
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Links to Mitre Att&cks

T1574.010: Services File Permissions Weakness
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Attack Patterns

CAPEC-1: Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
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References

Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is secrets or privileged information belonging to the user of the affected application.
CVE-2024-38203 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
This metric measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component resulting from a successfully exploited vulnerability. It refers to the loss of availability of the impacted component itself, such as a networked service (e.g., web, database, email). Since availability refers to the accessibility of information resources, attacks that consume network bandwidth, processor cycles, or disk space all impact the availability of an impacted component.

News

2024-45 - Adobe, Mozilla, Canonical, Red Hat, Microsoft, Google, Jenkins, GitHub, Spring 🗂️
Advisory Week Week 45, 2024 National Cyber Awareness System CISA Releases Nineteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products Microsoft Releases November 2024 Security Updates Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products Ivanti Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products JCDC’s Collaborative Efforts Enhance Cybersecurity for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Citrix Releases Security Updates for NetScaler and Citrix Session Recording CISA Releases Five Industrial Control Systems Advisories CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Release Joint Advisory on 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Adobe Security Bulletins and Advisories Security updates available for Adobe Photoshop APSB24-89 Security Updates Available for Adobe Commerce APSB24-90 Security Updates Available for Adobe Illustrator APSB24-66 APSB24-87 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign APSB24-88 Security Updates Available for Adobe Bridge APSB24-77 Security Updates Available for Adobe Audition APSB24-83 Mozilla Security Advisories Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 132.0.1 mfsa2024-62 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 128.4.3 mfsa2024-61 Ubuntu Security Notices Linux kernel vulnerabilities: USN-7089-6 / USN-7088-5 / USN-7089-5 / USN-7110-1 / USN-7089-4 / USN-7100-2 / USN-7100-1 GD Graphics Library vulnerability: USN-7112-1 Go vulnerabilities: USN-7111-1 / USN-7109-1 Linux kernel vulnerability:
Microsoft’s Security Update in November on High-Risk Vulnerabilities in Multiple Products
On November 13, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security update patch for November, which fixed 89 security issues, including Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office, Azure, Open Source Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, System Center and other widely used products, including high-risk vulnerabilities such as privilege escalation vulnerability and remote code execution vulnerability. Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
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Atlassian Confluence Server CVE-2023-22505 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Atlassian Confluence Server CVE-2023-22508 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Patch Tuesday November 2024 - 3 Zero Days!
So, without further ado, here’s the chart of MS patches that affect Windows platforms in the past month. Of this months patches only 8 are critical and 88 important.
November Patch Tuesday loads up everyone’s plate – Sophos News
We are as always including at the end of this post additional appendices listing all Microsoft’s patches, sorted by severity, by predicted exploitability, and by product family. This Important-severity spoofing vulnerability, which Microsoft believes to be more likely to be exploited within the next 30 days, has a rather specific set of post-installation instructions, which can be seen on the company’s site.
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CVSS V3.1

Attack Vector:Local
Attack Complexity:Low
Privileges Required:None
User Interaction:None
Scope:Unchanged
Confidentiality:High
Integrity:None
Availability Impact:None

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