Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires a specially crafted file to be placed either in an online directory or in a local network location. When a victim runs this file, it loads the malicious DLL.
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by placing a specially crafted file onto an online directory or in a local network location then convincing the user to open it. In a successful attack, this will then load a malicious DLL which could lead to a remote code execution.
Security updates
10.0.22621.3296 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5035853
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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References
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CVE-2024-21435 Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21435
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss