Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-20700

High

Published: 09 January 2024

Published
09 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0086 75.4th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-20700 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)
CWE-362

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.5329
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.3930
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.3930
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2713 · ≤ 10.0.22000.2713
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.3007 · ≤ 10.0.22621.3007
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.3007
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.5329
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2227
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.643

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-362

Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.

PL-6 Security-related Activity Planning
addresses: CWE-362

Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.

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