CVE-2024-55412 Privilege escalation in n/a
Low-privileged users can escalate privileges and execute code via arbitrary I/O port access in the SUNIX Serial Driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-55412?
CVE-2024-55412 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability exits in driver snxpsamd.sys in SUNIX Serial Driver x64 - 10.1.0.0, which allows low-privileged users to read and write arbitary i/o port 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.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55412?
How do I fix CVE-2024-55412?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-55412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-55412 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55412 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r7gg-4xq2-48h9.