Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-55414

Critical

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0009 25.1th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

A vulnerability exits in driver SmSerl64.sys in Motorola SM56 Modem WDM Driver v6.12.23.0, which allows low-privileged users to mapping physical memory via specially crafted IOCTL requests . This can be exploited for privilege escalation, code execution under high privileges, and information disclosure. These signed drivers can also be used to bypass the Microsoft driver-signing policy to deploy malicious code.

Security Summary

CVE-2024-55414, published on 2025-01-07, is a vulnerability in the SmSerl64.sys driver of the Motorola SM56 Modem WDM Driver version 6.12.23.0. It enables low-privileged users to map physical memory through specially crafted IOCTL requests. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is classified under CWE-77.

Attackers with low privileges can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges, execute code under high-privilege contexts, and disclose sensitive information. The signed nature of these drivers further allows bypassing Microsoft's driver-signing policy, facilitating the deployment of malicious code.

Advisories and additional details are available in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/heyheysky/vulnerable-driver/blob/master/CVE-2024-55414/CVE-2024-55414_SmSerl64.sys_README.md and on Motorola's site at https://us.motorola.com/. No specific patch or mitigation guidance is provided in the CVE description.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-77

References