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CVE-2024-38226: Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2024-38226
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: PublisherOther
What
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.
Who is affected
All deployments of Microsoft Publisher are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply the latest security updates for Microsoft Publisher.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-09-10
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38226

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-38226coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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