PT-2024-6778 · Microsoft · Windows

Netanel Ben Simon · Published 2024-10-08 · Updated 2024-10-16 · CVE-2024-37982

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Resume Extensible Firmware Interface (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a security-feature bypass vulnerability in the Resume Extensible Firmware Interface of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It involves the dereferencing of an unreliable pointer. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to bypass the UEFI Secure Boot protection mechanism.

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

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-822

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07991

CVE-2024-37982

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-37982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37982 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37982 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-37982 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07991 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1843807647155281985 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1843710955110224226 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2024100924 · Note