PT-2024-2783 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2025-01-08 · CVE-2024-20688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a security-feature bypass vulnerability in the implementation of the Secure Boot protocol in Windows operating systems. It involves a buffer overflow in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

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

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-02921

CVE-2024-20688

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-20688 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-20688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20688 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02921 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1779016082692640806 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/76204 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1777930924115607867 · Twitter Post