CVE-2024-40721
CVE-2024-40721 — CHANGING Information Technology TCBServiSign Windows Version - Improper Input Validation
The specific API in TCBServiSign Windows Version from CHANGING Information Technology does not properly validate server-side input. When a user visits a spoofed website, unauthenticated remote attackers can cause the TCBServiSign to load a DLL from an arbitrary path.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, twcert
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (2)
Products (2)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-20
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1562.003Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging
- T1574.006Hijack Execution Flow: Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
References
2 on the record
- www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7966-8c6c3-1.html
third-party-advisory
- www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-7972-01a6e-2.html
third-party-advisory
Elsewhere on this site
- changing information technologyevery CVE for this vendor
- changingtecevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-20other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.