microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2024-38217 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on September 10, 2024

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Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) contains a security feature bypass 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 1, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-38217 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-38217

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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
 
Microsoft Windows 11
 
Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows 11 23h2
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2
 
Microsoft Windows 11 24h2
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 

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