Windows Motorola Soft Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Motorola Soft Modem Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
MSRC compact vulnerability detail
CVE-2024-55414 · Windows Motorola Soft Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft is aware of vulnerabilities in the third party Motorola Soft Modem drivers that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. This is an announcement of the upcoming removal of smserl64.sys and smserial.sys drivers. The drivers have been removed in the January cumulative update. Soft modem hardware dependent on these specific drivers will no longer work on Windows. Microsoft recommends removing any existing dependencies on this hardware.
Signals
Windows Motorola Soft Modem Driver
Elevation of Privilege
Exploited: No
Publicly disclosed: No
Exploitability: Exploitation Unlikely
CWE
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Resolved binary override
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Description
Microsoft is aware of vulnerabilities in the third party Motorola Soft Modem drivers that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. This is an announcement of the upcoming removal of smserl64.sys and smserial.sys drivers. The drivers have been removed in the January cumulative update. Soft modem hardware dependent on these specific drivers will no longer work on Windows. Microsoft recommends removing any existing dependencies on this hardware.
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FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.