CVE-2024-49098: Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.3)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Dec

Released

2024-12-10

EPSS Score

0.28% (percentile: 51.1%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the Attack Vector is Physical (AV:P). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker needs physical access to the target computer to plug in a malicious USB drive. What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? Exploiting this vulnerability could allow the disclosure of certain kernel memory content.

Affected Products (19)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 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 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
• 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
• Windows Server 2025

Security Updates (6)

• 5048661
• 5048652
• 5048685
• 5048667
• 5048794
• 5048653

Acknowledgments

Zhihua Wen with <a href="https://www.cyberkl.com/">CyberKunLun</a>

Revision History

• 2024-12-10: Information published.