Executive Risk Summary
"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows libarchive, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. This vulnerability can be exploited by convincing a user to open a specially crafted archive file."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type DLL
Target Asset libarchive.dll
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: libarchive.dll (DLL)
$Targets = 'libarchive.dll'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
System services may be affected
Internal Work Notes
Apply latest Windows security updates to mitigate libarchive remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-20696)
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Intelligence Sources
MSRC Advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20696
Official Advisoryhttps://clearbluejar.github.io/posts/patch-tuesday-diffing-cve-2024-20696-windows-libarchive-rce/
Official Advisoryhttps://github.com/clearbluejar/CVE-2024-20696
Official Advisoryhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00007.html
MSRC Advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20696
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