⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2024-09-10. Federal agencies required to patch by 2024-10-01. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2024-38226 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Office 2019

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.30%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2024-09-10
Due 2024-10-01
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
5
Microsoft Office 2019Microsoft Office Ltsc 2021Microsoft Publisher 2016+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 10
KEV addedSep 10
KEV dueOct 1
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_publisher_201616.0.0 — 16.0.5465.1001
▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_201919.0.0 — https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_ltsc_202116.0.1 — https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Patches

Patch: msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability↗2024-09-10
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GHSA
GHSA-rf2v-qj9w-x393: Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability↗2024-09-10
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VulnCheck
Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability↗2024
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📋Vendor Advisories

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CISA
Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability↗2024-09-10
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Microsoft
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability↗2024-09-10
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Talos
Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score↗2024-09-10
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Talos
Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score↗2024-09-10
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