01 Record
CVE-2024-21412
Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-02-13. Federal remediation due 2024-03-05. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 99.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-02-13 18:02Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-10 17:53Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693Protection Mechanism FailurePillar
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6d3bb264e4f803433a3809ae1a99b283e107c3cedfbd0e77948c56d5cc2532d4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.0 to < 10.0.17763.5458, 10.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.5458ARM64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H210.0.19043.0 to < 10.0.19044.404632-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H210.0.19045.0 to < 10.0.19045.404632-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 22H210.0.22621.0 to < 10.0.22621.3155ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.5458x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)10.0.25398.0 to < 10.0.25398.709x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comInternet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21412
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-21412