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CVE-2024-38226

Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes
*KEV

Decision

Act
*SSVC
Descriptions

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Act
Exploitation
Active
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-06-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-10 Exploited in Wild
  • 2024-10-01 KEV Due Date
  • 2024-12-31 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38226 2024-12-31
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
Search vendor "Microsoft"
 Microsoft Publisher 2016
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Microsoft Publisher 2016"
 >= 16.0.0.0 < 16.0.5465.1001
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Microsoft Publisher 2016" and version " >= 16.0.0.0 < 16.0.5465.1001"
en
Affected