CVE-2024-12668 (GCVE-0-2024-12668)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-16 14:56 – Updated: 2024-12-16 16:14
VLAI
Title
Velocidex WinPmem Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability
Summary
Velocidex WinPmem versions below 4.1 suffer from an Out of Bounds Write vulnerability. By using an IO Control, a user space program can trick the driver into writing a 0 into any chosen memory location. In conjunction with information leakage from the WinPmem driver, attackers can discover the location in memory for the g_CiOptions global symbol. This can be leveraged to disable signed driver enforcement on the target system - allowing attackers to load unsigned drivers.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-16 15:23 UTC
CWE
Assigner
rapid7 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 78 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Velocidex WinPmem Affected: <= 4.1 (semver)
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Date Public
2024-12-16 14:50
Credits
We thank David Baptiste from the ERNW Vulnerability Disclosure Team for responsibly disclosing this issue.
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