CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-38217

5.4 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2024-09-10 Modified 2026-08-10 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

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

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.

Added to KEV
2024-09-10
Remediation due
2024-10-01
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-2024-38217; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38217
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-09-10
Last modified
2026-08-10
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-693

Description

Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.20766) • microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.7336) • microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.6293) • microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.4894) • microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.4894) • microsoft windows 11 21h2 (< 10.0.22000.3197) • microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.4169) • microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.4169) • microsoft windows 11 24h2 (< 10.0.26100.1742) • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2 • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.7336) • microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.6293) • microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.2700) • microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.1128)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness

References