Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-29995

High

Published: 13 August 2024

Published
13 August 2024
Modified
16 August 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0614 91.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-29995 is a high-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 9.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-29995 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Kerberos implementation on Windows. It received a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.1 with a vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and is also associated with CWE-208.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw remotely over a network connection, albeit with high attack complexity, to obtain privileges sufficient to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.

The sole reference points to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory page for this CVE, which is the authoritative source for any official patches or mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0614 and a peak of 0.0636.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20751
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7259
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6189
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.4780
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.4780
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.3147
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4037
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
r2 · ≤ 6.2.9200.25031
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.7259
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

addresses: CWE-208

Timing randomization or delays can mask true operation timing and mislead timing-based attacks.

addresses: CWE-208

Observable timing discrepancies are a primary mechanism for constructing covert timing channels; analysis identifies and bounds them, limiting exploitation.

References