Live › vulnerability › CVE-2024-38217
Go to dashboardWindows fails to apply the Mark of the Web tag to certain files, so Windows security warnings and Office Protected View may not trigger on them. An attacker who gets a crafted file to a user can bypass those defenses and gain limited loss of integrity and availability.
Summary written from the sources below. Check the originals before acting.
First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft windows 10 1507 | vendor | < 10.0.10240.20766 | 10.0.10240.20766 |
| microsoft windows 10 1607 | vendor | < 10.0.14393.7336 | 10.0.14393.7336 |
| microsoft windows 10 1809 | vendor | < 10.0.17763.6293 | 10.0.17763.6293 |
| microsoft windows 10 21h2 | vendor | < 10.0.19044.4894 | 10.0.19044.4894 |
| microsoft windows 10 22h2 | vendor | < 10.0.19045.4894 | 10.0.19045.4894 |
| microsoft windows 11 21h2 | vendor | < 10.0.22000.3197 | 10.0.22000.3197 |
| microsoft windows 11 22h2 | vendor | < 10.0.22621.4169 | 10.0.22621.4169 |
| microsoft windows 11 23h2 | vendor | < 10.0.22631.4169 | 10.0.22631.4169 |
| microsoft windows 11 24h2 | vendor | < 10.0.26100.1742 | 10.0.26100.1742 |
| microsoft windows server 2008 | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft windows server 2008 | vendor | = r2 | – |
| microsoft windows server 2012 | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft windows server 2012 | vendor | = r2 | – |
| microsoft windows server 2016 | vendor | < 10.0.14393.7336 | 10.0.14393.7336 |
| microsoft windows server 2019 | vendor | < 10.0.17763.6293 | 10.0.17763.6293 |
| microsoft windows server 2022 | vendor | < 10.0.20348.2700 | 10.0.20348.2700 |
| microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 | vendor | < 10.0.25398.1128 | 10.0.25398.1128 |
Unknown from the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass MOTW-based defenses. This can result in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging.
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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