Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited, publicly disclosed before the fix — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted print task to a shared vulnerable Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service across a network. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the server.
Windows 11, version 24H2 is not generally available yet. Why are there updates for this version of Windows listed in the Security Updates table?
The new Copilot+ devices that are now publicly available come with Windows 11, version 24H2 installed. Customers with these devices need to know about any vulnerabilities that affect their machine and to install the updates if they are not receiving automatic updates. Note that the general availability date for Windows 11, version 24H2 is scheduled for later this year.
Security updates
10.0.17763.6189 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041578
10.0.20348.2655 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041160
10.0.22000.3147 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041592
10.0.19044.4780 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041580
10.0.22621.4037 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041585
10.0.25398.1085 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041573
10.0.26100.1457 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041571
10.0.10240.20751 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041782
10.0.14393.7259 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041773
6.0.6003.22825 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041850
6.0.6003.22825 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041847
6.1.7601.27277 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041838
6.1.7601.27277 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041823
6.2.9200.25031 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041851
6.3.9600.22134 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5041828
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.8
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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#2
Added acknowledgements. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2024-38199 Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38199
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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