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The newly-discovered CVE-2024-6768 plagues Windows 10/11 devices
Microsoft might fix it with this week’s Patch Tuesday updates.
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Published onAugust 13, 2024
published onAugust 13, 2024
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Windows users are buzzing about a new find: a critical flaw in the system’s driver labeled CVE-2024-6768. This bug impacts updated PCs, causing the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
This troubling issue,which was discovered by security company Fortra, is caused by a driver managing the Common Log File System (CLFS.SYS). Due to poor validation, this driver can trigger a denial of service that results in a BSOD.
This problem doesn’t discriminate; it currently impacts all Windows 10 and 11 versions, regardless of your system.
A Denial of Service in CLFS.sys in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated low-privilege user to cause a Blue Screen of Death via a forced call to the KeBugCheckEx function.
Worse, a user without privileges could exploit this weakness by creating specific values in a . BLF file, leading to system failures. This could make the system unstable, interrupt operations, and cause data loss.
According to the timeline posted by Fortra, the vulnerability currently has no fix and has been running rampant on Windows 10/11 devices for some time.
Fortunately, Patch Tuesday updates are coming out this week, with a possible fix for this serious vulnerability.
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Flavius Floare
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
He’s always curious and ready to take on everything new in the tech world, covering Microsoft’s products on a daily basis. The passion for gaming and hardware feeds his journalistic approach, making him a great researcher and news writer that’s always ready to bring you the bleeding edge!
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
