CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-29988

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2024-04-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability — Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt

Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2024-21412 to execute a malicious file.

Added to KEV
2024-04-30
Remediation due
2024-05-21
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29988; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29988
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-04-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-693

Description

SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.5696) • microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.4291) • microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.4291) • microsoft windows 11 21h2 (< 10.0.22000.2899) • microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.3447) • microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.3447) • microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.5696) • microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.2402) • microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.830)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness

References