CVE-2024-38217

⚠ KEVEPSS 13.8%

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

Added to CISA KEV: 9/10/2024

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.

Affected packages (0)

No package mapping in OSV.