CVE-2024-20688
published 2024-04-09CVE-2024-20688: Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
high7.1CVSS 3.1
AVAACHPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.27%
66.6th percentile
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | >= 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.24821 | 6.2.9200.24821 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012_r2 | >= 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.21924 | 6.3.9600.21924 |
| msrc | windows_server_2012 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2012_r2 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvelistv57.1HIGH
vendor_msrc7.1HIGH
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CVEList
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
cvelistv5·2024-04-09·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2024-20688 [HIGH] CWE-121 Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2024-04-09·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2024-20688 [MEDIUM] CWE-121 Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
FAQ: According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required are none (PR:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An unauthorized attacker must wait for a user to initiate a connection.
FAQ: According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability with LAN access.
FAQ: What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass Secure Boot.
FAQ: According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Trendmicro
The April 2024 Security Updates Review
blogs_trendmicro·2024-04-09
The April 2024 Security Updates Review
# The April 2024 Security Updates Review
Get the April 2024 security update and review.
By: Dustin Childs
2024/04/09
Read time: ( words)
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It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and Adobe and Microsoft have released a fresh crop of security updates. Take a break from your other activities and join us as we review the details of their latest advisories. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:
Adobe Patches for April 2024
For April, Adobe released nine patches addressing 24 CVEs in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Commerce, InDesign, Experience Manager, Media Encoder, Bridge, Illustrator, and Adobe Animate. The largest of these updates is for Experience Manager, however, all of the bugs being patched are simple Cross
Tenable
Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 147 CVEs (CVE-2024-29988)
blogs_tenable·2024-04-09·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 147 CVEs (CVE-2024-29988)
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Bleepingcomputer
Microsoft April 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 150 security flaws, 67 RCEs
blogs_bleepingcomputer·2024-04-09·CVSS 8.1
[HIGH] Microsoft April 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 150 security flaws, 67 RCEs
## Microsoft April 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 150 security flaws, 67 RCEs
## Lawrence Abrams
There were also fixes for twenty-six Secure Boot bypasses released this month, including two from Lenovo.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
31 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
29 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
67 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
13 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
7 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
3 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
The total count of 150 flaws does not include 5 Microsoft Edge flaws fixed on April 4th and 2 Mariner flaws. Mariner is an open-source Linux distribution developed by Microsoft for its Microsoft Azure services.
To learn more about the non-security updates released today, you can review our ded
Trendmicro
The April 2024 Security Updates Review
blogs_trendmicro·2024-04-09
The April 2024 Security Updates Review
## The April 2024 Security Updates Review
Get the April 2024 security update and review.
By: Dustin Childs 2024/04/09 Read time: ( words)
Save to Folio
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and Adobe and Microsoft have released a fresh crop of security updates. Take a break from your other activities and join us as we review the details of their latest advisories. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:
Adobe Patches for April 2024
For April, Adobe released nine patches addressing 24 CVEs in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Commerce, InDesign, Experience Manager, Media Encoder, Bridge, Illustrator, and Adobe Animate. The largest of these updates is for Experience Manager , however, all of the bugs being patched are simple Cros
2024-04-09
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