Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the SmartScreen user experience and inject code to potentially gain code execution, which could lead to some data exposure, lack of system availability, or both.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.6
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 30.3%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Microsoft Windows SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the SmartScreen user experience and inject code to potentially gain code execution, which could lead to some data exposure, lack of system availability, or both.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-02-13. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2024-03-05.
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.