PT-2024-6848 · Microsoft · Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol+1

Published 2024-10-08 · Updated 2024-10-17 · CVE-2024-43541

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in the implementation of the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) in Windows operating systems. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Windows, consider restricting access to the SCEP protocol until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the SCEP protocol to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-08068

CVE-2024-43541

Affected Products

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

Windows

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-08068 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-43541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43541 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43541 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98588 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1843726988176978100 · Twitter Post