CVE-2024-38015
Published: 09 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38015 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38015. The flaw is rated 7.5 under CVSS 3.1 with an attack vector of network, low complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, resulting in a high impact on availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected. It is associated with CWE-400 and affects the RD Gateway component of Windows.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can send specially crafted requests over the network to trigger the vulnerability, causing the RD Gateway service to become unavailable and disrupting legitimate remote desktop connections.
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2024-38015 in its security update guide that addresses the issue. The EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0761 and a peak of 0.0780.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37722
Vulnerability details
Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Denial of Service 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.
Limiting concurrent sessions directly prevents uncontrolled resource consumption by capping the number of active sessions per user or account.
Analysis identifies uncontrolled resource consumption indicative of denial-of-service or abuse attempts.
Contingency plan testing includes resource exhaustion scenarios to verify recovery, making it harder for attackers to sustain exploits that cause uncontrolled consumption.
Updated contingency plans include current procedures to detect, contain, and recover from resource exhaustion, limiting an attacker's ability to sustain impact from uncontrolled consumption.
Alternate site allows resumption of operations if resource exhaustion at the primary site is exploited to cause unavailability.
Alternate telecommunications services enable resumption of essential functions when primary services become unavailable due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
The team can analyze and respond to resource exhaustion incidents, reducing the impact of attacks that exploit uncontrolled consumption weaknesses.
Timely maintenance support and spare parts enable rapid recovery from failures induced by uncontrolled resource consumption, shortening the impact window of denial-of-service attacks.