PT-2024-1100 · Microsoft+1 · Windows+1

Guy Lederfein + 1 · Published 2024-01-09 · Updated 2025-03-31 · CVE-2024-20697

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows libarchive (affected versions not specified)

Description The vulnerability is related to insufficient input validation in the libarchive library of the Windows operating system. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and affect the system. An attacker could exploit this bug by enticing a user into extracting a crafted RAR archive.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00381

CVE-2024-20697

GHSA-W6XV-37JV-7CJR

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2083-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3940-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2083-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3940-1

SUSE-SU-2024_3940-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20050-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20087-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20257-1

ZDI-24-1696

Affected Products

Suse

Windows

References · 46

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-20697 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1696 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20050-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:2083-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00381 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20697 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20087-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-20697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20257-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3940-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/2 · Note
• https://twitter.com/0xor0ne/status/1831225795164926263 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/f1tym1/status/1780593184059367783 · Twitter Post