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High 1 exploited CVE MSRC-CVE-2023-36584 1 CVE

Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published Oct 10, 2023 · Updated Oct 10, 2023

Summary

Impact: Security Feature Bypass. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could host a file on an attacker-controlled server, then convince a targeted user to download and open the file. This could allow the attacker to interfere with the Mark of the Web functionality.
Please see Additional information about Mark of the Web for further clarification

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of integrity (I:L) and some loss of availability (A:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker can craft a malicious file that would evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses, resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging.

Security updates
10.0.17763.4974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031361
10.0.20348.2031 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031364
10.0.22000.2538 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031358
10.0.19041.3570 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031356
10.0.22621.2428 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031354
10.0.10240.20232 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031377
10.0.14393.6351 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031362
6.0.6003.22317 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031416
6.0.6003.22317 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031411
6.1.7601.26769 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031408
6.1.7601.26769 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031441
6.2.9200.24523 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031442
6.2.9200.24523 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031427
6.3.9600.21620 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031419
6.3.9600.21620 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5031407

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