Microsoft’s Security Update Notification in June of High-Risk Vulnerabilities in Multiple Products

Overview

Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security update patch for June, which fixed 49 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Azure, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Studio, including high-risk vulnerabilities such as privilege escalation and remote code execution.

Among the vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft’s monthly update this month, there is 1 critical vulnerability and 48 important vulnerabilities.

Please update patches for protection as soon as possible. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, check the appendix.

Reference link: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2024-Jun

Key Vulnerabilities

We screened out the vulnerabilities with great impact in this update according to product popularity and vulnerability severity. Affected users can pay attention to them:

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30080):

Due to the post-release reuse issue in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), unauthenticated attackers can send specially-crafted MSMQ packets to execute arbitrary code on target systems. The Windows Message Queuing Service is a Windows component that needs to be enabled in order to exploit this vulnerability. This function can add the Message Queuing service through the control panel, and view the running status of the service from TCP port 1801 on the host. The CVSS score was 9.8.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30080

Windows WiFi Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30078):

The Windows WiFi driver contains a remote code execution vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can send malicious network packets to neighboring systems using the Wi-Fi network adapter for remote code execution. The CVSS score was 8.8.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30078

Driver privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows kernel mode (CVE-2024-30084/CVE-2024-35250):

CVE-2024-30084: TOCTOU conditional contention vulnerability in Windows Kernel Mode Driver. CVE-2024-35250: Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Windows kernel mode driver; local attackers authenticated by ordinary users can exploit these vulnerabilities by running special programs to obtain SYSTEM permissions of the target system.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30084

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35250

Microsoft Streaming Service Permission Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30089):

A reuse-after-release vulnerability exists in Microsoft’s streaming processing service, and a local attacker authenticated by an ordinary user can exploit this vulnerability by running a special program to obtain SYSTEM privileges of the target system.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30089

Windows Win32k local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-30082/CVE-2024-30086/CVE-2024-30087/CVE-2024-30091):

CVE-2024-30082 and CVE-2024-30086 are post-release reuse vulnerabilities in the Windows Win32k subsystem; CVE-2024-30087 is an incorrect input validation vulnerability in the Windows Win32k subsystem; CVE-2024-30091 is a heap overflow vulnerability in the Windows Win32k subsystem; A local attacker authenticated as a normal user can exploit these vulnerabilities by running special programs to gain the privileges of the user running the affected application.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30082

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30086

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30087

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30091

Windows Kernel Permission Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30088/CVE-2024-30099):

The TOCTOU in the Windows kernel has conditional competition vulnerabilities, and local attackers authenticated by ordinary users can exploit these vulnerabilities by triggering competition conditions to obtain SYSTEM permissions of the target system.

Official Announcement Link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30088 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30099

Scope of Impact

The following are some affected product versions with key vulnerabilities. For other products affected by vulnerabilities, please refer to the official announcement link.

Mitigation

At present, Microsoft has officially released security patches to fix the above vulnerabilities for supported product versions. It is strongly recommended that affected users install patches as soon as possible for protection. The official download link:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2024-Jun

Note: Patch update of Windows Update may fail due to network problems, computer environment problems and other reasons. After installing the patch, users shall check whether the patch is successfully updated in time.

Right-click on the Windows icon, select “Settings (N)”, select “Updates and Security”-“Windows Updates” to view prompts on this page, or click “View Update History” to view historical updates. For updates that have not been successfully installed, you can click the name of the update to jump to Microsoft’s official download page. It is recommended that users click on the link on this page and go to the “Microsoft Update Catalog” website to download the independent package and install it.

Appendix: Vulnerability List

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