Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)

Published: 2024-04-10

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-26232 CVE-2024-26208
CWE-ID	CWE-843 CWE-191
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Windows Operating systems & Components / Operating system Windows Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Microsoft

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Type Confusion

EUVDB-ID: #VU88345

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26232

CWE-ID: CWE-843 - Type confusion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Windows: 10 - 11 23H2 10.0.22631.2428

Windows Server: 2008 - 2022 23H2

CPE2.3

External links

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26232

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Integer underflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU88346

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26208

CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow