Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
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.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required are none (PR:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An unauthorized attacker must wait for a user to initiate a connection.
Security updates
10.0.22621.3447 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5036893
10.0.25398.830 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5036910
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8CVE-2024-26256 EPSS 88%
Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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References
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CVE-2024-26256 Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26256
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss