Summary
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Added to KEV
- Sep 10, 2024
- Remediation due
- Oct 1, 2024 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- EPSS
- 10.0% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References