PT-2024-6017 · Microsoft · Windows App Installer

Felix Boulet · Published 2024-08-13 · Updated 2024-09-26 · CVE-2024-38177

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to a lack of proper output encoding or escaping mechanism in the Microsoft App Installer, which can be exploited to conduct spoofing attacks using a specially crafted malicious package.

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

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-116

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06827

CVE-2024-38177

Affected Products

Windows App Installer

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06827 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38177 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1823414311550656633 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1823471466366603667 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1831817357234196894 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.274481 · Note