PT-2024-5548 · Microsoft · Windows

Gothburz + 2 · Published 2024-08-13 · Updated 2025-12-10 · CVE-2024-38213

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The vulnerability is related to a security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows, specifically in the Mark of the Web (MoTW) mechanism. This allows attackers to bypass SmartScreen protections, potentially leading to remote code execution. The issue can be exploited by convincing users to open a specially crafted file. There have been reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild since March 2024.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06220

CVE-2024-38213

ZDI-24-1209

ZDI-24-1210

Affected Products

Windows

References · 104

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06220 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38213 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1210 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1209 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38213 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1823417162067010047 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/christine_fady/status/1824369823834423310 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/leonov_av/status/1824946116422431038 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/pravin_karthik/status/1823545860963361035 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/moton/status/1824211132011397591 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Smidddi/status/1824177695896240166 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/inbbupdates/status/1826771376385962192 · Twitter Post