PT-2024-4733 · Microsoft · Windows Bitlocker+1

Bill Demirkapi · Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2024-08-26 · CVE-2024-38058

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description: The issue is related to a security feature bypass vulnerability in the BitLocker data protection function of Windows operating systems. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with physical access to bypass existing security restrictions and gain access to encrypted data. Microsoft has disabled a fix for this issue due to firmware incompatibility problems that caused devices to enter BitLocker recovery mode. As a result, customers are advised to apply manual mitigations.

Recommendations: To mitigate this issue, apply the manual mitigations advised by Microsoft, which require restarting the impacted device eight times. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-05253

CVE-2024-38058

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Bitlocker

References · 15

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05253 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38058 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38058 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38058 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/upgradeoptions/status/1825925006393512326 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/FreakFls/status/1824130121143382510 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2024071007 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/85945 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810730615114756444 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/BleepinComputer/status/1824105591297475048 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Gary48200129/status/1824131321935040857 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/AvmConsulting/status/1828038488597635218 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/upgradeoptions/status/1824399957345874085 · Twitter Post