Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-20069

Mediatek Nr15

Published
03 June 2024
Modified
25 April 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0057 44th percentile
Risk Priority 52 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-20069 is a medium-severity Algorithm Downgrade (CWE-757) vulnerability in Mediatek Nr15. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Downgrade Attack (T1689); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In modem, there is a possible selection of less-secure algorithm during the VoWiFi IKE due to a missing DH downgrade check. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for…

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exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01286330; Issue ID: MSV-1430.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1689 Downgrade Attack Defense Impairment
Adversaries may downgrade or use a version of system features that may be outdated, vulnerable, and/or does not support updated security controls.
T1600 Weaken Encryption Defense Impairment
Adversaries may compromise a network device’s encryption capability in order to bypass encryption that would otherwise protect data communications.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-20751Same product: Mediatek Mt6833
CVE-2025-20750Same product: Mediatek Mt6833
CVE-2025-20790Same product: Mediatek Mt6833
CVE-2025-20755Same product: Mediatek Mt6833

Affected Assets

mediatek
nr15
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 7 hardening rules · 5 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V12.1.1
  • V12.2.1
  • V12.3.3
  • V17.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Specifying and implementing required cryptography types directly precludes negotiation or acceptance of weaker algorithms.

Requiring protection of transmitted confidentiality and integrity forces selection of sufficiently strong negotiated algorithms rather than weaker ones.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-04 none match
prevents

PR.AA-04 addresses protection/verification of identity assertions in SSO/federation contexts while CWE-757 concerns protocol-level crypto algorithm negotiation, so the control neither prevents nor meaningfully mitigates the weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect and block algorithm downgrade vulnerabilities before deployment.

mitigates

Ensures network services use secure cryptographic parameters, reducing downgrade risk.

prevents

Mandates use of strong, approved cryptographic algorithms, directly preventing downgrade to weaker ones.

prevents

Secure SDLC practices include selecting strong crypto algorithms during design and implementation.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify minimum cryptographic strength to avoid downgrades.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include enforcing strong algorithm selection in protocol design.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Windows 10 (1 rule)
  • V-220938 The LanMan authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only, and to refuse LM and NTLM. prevents CWE-757
Windows 11 (1 rule)
  • V-253462 The LanMan authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only, and to refuse LM and NTLM. prevents CWE-757
Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
  • V-225054 The LAN Manager authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only and to refuse LM and NTLM. prevents CWE-757
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
  • V-205919 Windows Server 2019 LAN Manager authentication level must be configured to send NTLMv2 response only and to refuse LM and NTLM. prevents CWE-757
Windows Server 2022 (1 rule)
  • V-254475 Windows Server 2022 LAN Manager authentication level must be configured to send NTLMv2 response only and to refuse LM and NTLM. prevents CWE-757

References