CVE-2024-43611: Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Oct

Released

2024-10-08

EPSS Score

8.32% (percentile: 92.3%)

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain remote code execution (RCE) on the victim's machine. How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted protocol message to a Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) server, which could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on the RAS server machine.

Affected Products (17)

Windows

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

ESU

• Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (10)

• 5044277
• 5044281
• 5044288
• 5044293
• 5044320
• 5044306
• 5044356
• 5044321
• 5044342
• 5044343

Acknowledgments

Nirmala Nawale with Microsoft

Revision History

• 2024-10-08: Information published.