Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2024-38112
CVE-2024-38112
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Windows vulnerability
Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform contains a spoofing vulnerability affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A spoofing vulnerability in Windows MSHTML Platform enables attackers to deceive users about content origin or authenticity. Active exploitation in the wild combined with high EPSS score indicates immediate risk to Windows systems.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
18 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-07-09).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.84345 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Windows. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-451 UI Misrepresentation.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-451 · UI Misrepresentation
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious webpage or email that exploits the MSHTML spoofing flaw to misrepresent its origin or content.
Business
Users cannot trust the authenticity of web content or email, undermining confidence in digital communications and increasing susceptibility to social engineering.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I deliver the spoofed content to targets via phishing or watering hole attacks, leveraging the visual deception to bypass user security awareness.
Business
Attack success rates increase as employees are deceived into trusting malicious content, leading to credential theft or malware installation.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I gain initial access to systems through user interaction with spoofed content, then escalate to execute arbitrary code or steal sensitive data.
Business
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems are compromised, resulting in data breaches, operational disruption, and regulatory exposure.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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