CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-29988 Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors an...

Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Mark of the Web MotW feature. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2024-21412 to execute a malicious file...

Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday includes two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities

The April 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 149 Microsoft vulnerabilities and republishes 6 non-Microsoft CVEs. Three of those 149 vulnerabilities are listed as critical, and one is listed as actively exploited by Microsoft. Another vulnerability is claimed to be a zero-day by...

Microsoft Fixes 149 Flaws in Huge April Patch Release, Zero-Days Included

Microsoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity. The...

SmartScreen Security Component Code Execution

The vulnerability of the SmartScreen security component against phishing and malicious programs in Windows operating systems is related to a violation of data protection mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker, operating remotely, to execute arbitrary code, provided that the...

April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes

If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently -- like total solar eclipse rare -- instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this months patch batch -- a record 147...

CVE-2024-29988

SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-29988

SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-29988

CVE-2024-29988 is a Microsoft Windows SmartScreen security feature bypass vulnerability (MotW bypass) that enables arbitrary code execution when a user opens a zip/executable delivered in a crafted file. Public exploit activity exists (GitHub exploit repository) and reports indicate in-the-wild u...

CVE-2024-29988 SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-29988 SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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KB5036894: Windows 11 version 21H2 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036894. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

KB5036896: Windows 10 version 1809 / Windows Server 2019 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036896. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

KB5036910: Windows Server version 23H2 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036910. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

KB5036893: Windows 11 version 22H2 / Windows 11 version 23H2 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036893. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

KB5036909: Windows Server 2022 / Azure Stack HCI 22H2 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036909. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

KB5036892: Windows 10 Version 21H2 / Windows 10 Version 22H2 Security Update (April 2024)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5036892. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-29988 - Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20669, CVE-2024-26168, CVE-2024-26171,...

CVE-2024-29988: Protection Mechanism Failure

SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

PT-2024-2715

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to April 2024 Patch Tuesday Description This issue is a security feature bypass vulnerability affecting the SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass...