Microsoft Windows Authenticode Signature Verification Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
The Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows (WinVerifyTrust) does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 83.5%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
The Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows (WinVerifyTrust) does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-22.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.