CVE-2024-38226highunder attackCWE-693

CVE-2024-38226: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2019

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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51Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Actcvss 7.3epss 2.7%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDSep 10
CISA KEVSep 10
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2024-10-01

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

In short

Microsoft Publisher allows attackers to bypass security protections that normally prevent malicious documents from running. This means a specially crafted file could execute harmful code when opened by a user.

Technical detail

A security feature bypass in Microsoft Publisher (CWE-693) permits threat actors to circumvent protective mechanisms through a specially crafted document file. The attack requires user interaction (document opening) and could result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the affected user.

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Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC 2021Microsoft · Microsoft Publisher 2016
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