CVE-2024-21334
Published: 12 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-21334 is a critical-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-21334 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8. The flaw is associated with CWE-416 (use after free) and permits unauthenticated network attackers to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on affected systems.
An attacker with network access can exploit the issue without credentials or user interaction, executing arbitrary code and taking complete control of the target host running the vulnerable OMI component.
Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability in its Security Response Center update guide, directing administrators to the corresponding security updates and mitigation instructions for supported OMI versions.
The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0914 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19046
Vulnerability details
Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.