CVE-2024-20659: Windows Hyper-V Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.1)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Security Feature Bypass
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Publicly Disclosed
Yes
Patch Tuesday
2024-Oct
Released
2024-10-08
EPSS Score
0.58% (percentile: 69.1%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by an attacker requires a user to first reboot their machine. What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability? This Hypervisor vulnerability relates to Virtual Machines within a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) host machine. On some specific hardware it might be possible to bypass the UEFI, which could lead to the compromise of the hypervisor and the secure kernel. According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires multiple conditions to be met, such as specific application behavior, user actions, manipulation of parameters passed to a function, and impersonation of an integrity level token. According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that an attacker will need to first gain access to the restricted network before running an attack.

Affected Products (16)

Windows

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems

Security Updates (7)

Acknowledgments

Francisco Falcón and Iván Arce of <a href="https://www.quarkslab.com/">Quarkslab</a>, Francisco Falcón and Iván Arce of <a href="https://www.quarkslab.com/">Quarkslab</a>, Francisco Falcón and Iván Arce of <a href="https://www.quarkslab.com/">Quarkslab</a>

Revision History

  • 2024-10-08: Information published.