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High MSRC-CVE-2024-49079 1 CVE

Input Method Editor (IME) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Dec 10, 2024 · Updated Dec 10, 2024

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 local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
An attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince them to open it.

Security updates
10.0.17763.6659 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048661
10.0.20348.2966 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048654
10.0.20348.2908 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048800
10.0.19044.5247 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048652
10.0.22621.4602 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048685
10.0.26100.2605 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048667
10.0.26100.2528 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048794
10.0.25398.1308 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048653
10.0.10240.20857 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048703
10.0.14393.7606 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048671
6.2.9200.25222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048699
6.3.9600.22318 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048735

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