CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Oct 1, 2024
Description
Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass MOTW-based defenses. This can result in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
13.2%
Higher than 94.0% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38217; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38217
Risk Assessment
ELEVATEDIn CISA KEV
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 13.2%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Sep 10, 2024
Added to KEV
Sep 10, 2024
Remediation Due
Oct 1, 2024