Overview

On December 11th, NSFOCUS CERT monitored that Microsoft released the December security update patch, fixing 72 security issues involving widely-used products such as Windows, Windows LDAP, Microsoft Office, Windows Remote Desktop Services, and Microsoft SharePoint. These include high-risk vulnerability types such as privilege escalation and remote code execution.

Among the vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s Microsoft monthly update, there are 17 Critical vulnerabilities and 54 Important vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities has been exploited in the wild:

Windows Common Log File System Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49138)

Relevant users are requested to update the patch for protection as soon as possible. For the complete vulnerability list, please refer to the appendix.

Reference Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-us/releaseNote/2024-Dec

Key Vulnerabilities

Based on product popularity and vulnerability importance, the following are the vulnerabilities with a greater impact in this update. Relevant users are requested to pay special attention:

Windows Common Log File System Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49138):

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System Driver. An authenticated attacker can trigger a boundary error and a heap buffer overflow by running a specially crafted program, thereby obtaining SYSTEM privileges on the system. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, with a CVSS score of 7.8.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49138

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49112):

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an integer overflow or wraparound by constructing specially crafted data (such as oversized or specific values) through a specially crafted LDAP call, thereby achieving remote code execution. The CVSS score is 9.8.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49112

Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49126):

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). Due to a use-after-free vulnerability and improper storage of sensitive data during security verification processing, an attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of the target server account through a network call, thereby fully controlling the system. The CVSS score is 8.1.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49126

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49122):

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). Due to a use-after-free vulnerability in MSMQ, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted MSMQ packet to the MSMQ server, trigger the vulnerability, and win the race condition, thereby achieving remote code execution. The CVSS score is 8.1.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49122

Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49105):

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Client. Due to improper access control in the Remote Desktop Client, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute arbitrary code. The CVSS score is 8.4.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49105

Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49117):

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V. Since Windows Hyper-V returns an incorrect status code when processing virtual machine operations, an authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted file operation request to the hardware resources on the virtual machine, thereby remotely executing code on the target system. The CVSS score is 8.8.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49117

Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49093):

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Resilient File System (ReFS). Due to a numerical type conversion error in the Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) when processing file system operations, an authenticated attacker can bypass the normal permission check mechanism by running a specially crafted program and obtain SYSTEM privileges. The CVSS score is 8.8.

Official Announcement Link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49093

Scope of Impact

The following are the affected product versions for some key vulnerabilities. For the impact scope of other vulnerabilities, please refer to the official announcement links.

Mitigation

Patch Update

Microsoft has officially released security patches to fix the above vulnerabilities for supported product versions. Affected users are strongly recommended to install the patches for protection as soon as possible. The official download link is: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-us/releaseNote/2024-Dec

Note: Windows Update patch updates may fail due to network issues, computer environment issues, etc. After installing the patch, users should check whether the patch has been successfully updated in a timely manner.

Right-click the Windows icon, select “Settings (N)”, select “Update & Security” – “Windows Update”, and view the prompt information on this page. You can also click “View update history” to view the historical update status.

For updates that were not successfully installed, click the update name to jump to the Microsoft official download page. It is recommended that users click the link on this page to go to the “Microsoft Update Catalog” website to download the standalone package and install it.

Appendix: Vulnerability List

Statement

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