CVE-2024-38226 is a Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2019, Office LTSC, and Publisher. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) allows an attacker with local access and user interaction to bypass security features, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Crucially, this flaw is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, despite no public exploit code being readily available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
2021CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
2021CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.