CVE-2024-29988HighCVSS 8.8

SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
April 9, 2024
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-29988 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In an email or instant message attack scenario, the attacker could send the targeted user a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the remote code execution vulnerability. In any case an attacker would have no way to force a user to view attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action. For example, an attacker could entice a user to either click a link that directs the user to the attacker's site or send a malicious attachment.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? A user needs to be tricked into running malicious files.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this security feature bypass vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to launch malicious files using a launcher application that requests that no UI be shown.

🎯 Affected products20

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5036896 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.5696 KB5036909 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2402 KB5036894 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2899 KB5036892 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.4291 KB5036893 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.3447 KB5036892 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.4291 KB5036893 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.3447 KB5036910 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.830

🔗 References (13)