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Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2024-38226

TLP:CLEAR

Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability

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

Facts

  • Vendor: Microsoft
  • Product: Publisher
  • CVSS: 7.3
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 2.7 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 10 September 2024
  • First known exploitation: 10 September 2024
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 1 October 2024
  • Weakness: CWE-693
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 10 September 2024

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD

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