Executive Risk Summary
"A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft WS-Discovery, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited by sending a specially crafted packet to the WS-Discovery service, causing it to become unresponsive."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Service
Target Asset WSD
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: WSD (Service)
$Targets = 'WSD'
$SearchPaths = @("$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
Network Discovery Service
Internal Work Notes
Apply latest security updates to mitigate WS-Discovery Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38091)
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Data compiled from NVD, MSRC, and CISA KEV Catalog. Intelligence synthesized via AI. Scripts provided for diagnostic purposes under MIT License.