CVE-2024-38217

MEDIUM5.4

CISA KEV

Published 2024-09-10 · Updated 2026-08-10 · Source secure@microsoft.com

Summary

CVE-2024-38217 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 10, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 1, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-693

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Microsoft — Windows

Name: Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability

Date added: 2024-09-10 · Due: 2024-10-01

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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