Despite its low threat rating, the bug is a concern for public hotspot users.
Although exploitation is unlikely, an attack doesn’t require user authorization.
A recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for a potentially dangerous Wi-Fi vulnerability.
Discovered within the Windows Wi-Fi Driver,CVE-2024-30078allows malicious actors a vector for remote code execution (RCE).
Redmond says exploitation is “less likely” because hackers must be within close range to execute the attack.
Including CVE-2024-30078, Microsoftpatched51 security flaws, 18 classified as RCE bugs.
There’s also a critical RCE vulnerability to deal with, which was discovered in Microsoft Message Queuing.
There were also 25 elevation of privilege, 18 RCE, three information disclosure, and five denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
