CVE-2024-29053
Published: 09 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-29053 is a high-severity Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-36) vulnerability in Microsoft Defender For Iot. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-29053 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for IoT that carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8. The flaw arises from improper path handling classified under CWE-36 and CWE-22, allowing unauthorized traversal and execution of attacker-controlled code within the product.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can reach the vulnerable component over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants full read, write, and execute capabilities, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the targeted Defender for IoT instance.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance in its Security Update Guide at the referenced advisories; administrators should apply the vendor-supplied updates or mitigations according to those instructions. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0663 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26100
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Defender for IoT 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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.