CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Sep 3, 2024

CVE-2024-38178

High

EPSS 26.3%CISA KEV

Description

Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attacker to initiate remote code execution via a specially crafted URL.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

26.3%

Higher than 96.2% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38178; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38178

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED

In CISA KEV

Details

Severity: High
EPSS: 26.3%
CISA KEV: Yes
Ransomware: Unknown
Articles: 0

Timeline

Published

Aug 13, 2024

Added to KEV

Aug 13, 2024

Remediation Due

Sep 3, 2024

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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External Links

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