Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-43454)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0913
Date Published:	20 Oct 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 20 October, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-43454
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Standard without Hyper-v Edition on x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Standard without Hyper-v Edition on x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Sp2 for x64 on x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition on x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 prior to 10.0.14393.7336 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 prior to 10.0.17763.6293 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 prior to 10.0.20348.2700 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23H2 prior to 10.0.25398.1128
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-43454) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-43454)