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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

CVE-2024-38217

High
EPSS 13.2%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Windows

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

ELEVATED
In 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

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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