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High MSRC-CVE-2024-20682 1 CVE

Windows Cryptographic Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Jan 9, 2024 · Updated Jan 9, 2024

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

Security updates
10.0.17763.5329 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034127
10.0.20348.2227 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034129
10.0.22000.2713 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034121
10.0.19044.3930 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034122
10.0.22621.3007 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034123
10.0.25398.643 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034130
10.0.10240.20402 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034134
10.0.14393.6614 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034119
6.2.9200.24664 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034184
6.3.9600.21765 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5034171

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