CVE-2024-38217
KEVMicrosoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability
View CVE record →- Vendor / Project
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Date added
- Sep 10, 2024
- Due date
- Oct 1, 2024
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- CWEs
- CWE-693
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.