CVE-2024-38112: Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Spoofing
Exploit Status
Actively Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Detected
Patch Tuesday
2024-Jul
Released
2024-07-09
Last Updated
2024-07-12
EPSS Score
92.64% (percentile: 99.7%)
CISA KEV
Listed — due 2024-07-30

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment. According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? An attacker would have to send the victim a malicious file that the victim would have to execute.

Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

  • GitHub PoC: 1 repositories

Affected Products (31)

ESU

  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems

Windows

  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

Security Updates (12)

Acknowledgments

Haifei Li with <a href="https://research.checkpoint.com/">Check Point Research</a>

Revision History

  • 2024-07-09: Information published.
  • 2024-07-12: Updated CWE value. This is an informational change only.