Technical Analysis
According to the advisory, the vulnerability patched by Microsoft in June 2024’s Patch Tuesday, CVE-2024-30078, poses a high severity risk of 8.8. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution in the Wi-Fi Driver without requiring any user interaction.
Microsoft clarified that while this vulnerability has not been exploited in the wild, threat actors could potentially take advantage of it. The exploit involves the threat actor being on the same network as the vulnerable device and sending malicious networking to the affected Wi-Fi adapter to execute remote code on the machine.
The ease of exploitation lies in the fact that no authentication is required, making it a significant risk. The vulnerability affects a wide range of Microsoft products, as listed below:
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft assured that there is no publicly available exploit for this vulnerability, but functional reproduction is possible, and source code is available for independent verification.
How To Update And Fix This Vulnerability?
To update your Windows and patch this vulnerability, navigate to Start Menu → Settings → Update & Security → Check for Updates. If your Windows version has not reached End-of-Life, you will receive the necessary updates to secure your system against this Wi-Fi driver vulnerability. Installing these updates is crucial to safeguard your machine.
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