Feb 2024: Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2024-21412 Published on February 13, 2024

Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Internet Shortcut Files contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a security feature bypass.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 5, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Type

Protection Mechanism Failure

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This weakness covers three distinct situations. A "missing" protection mechanism occurs when the application does not define any mechanism against a certain class of attack. An "insufficient" protection mechanism might provide some defenses - for example, against the most common attacks - but it does not protect against everything that is intended. Finally, an "ignored" mechanism occurs when a mechanism is available and in active use within the product, but the developer has not applied it in some code path.

Products Associated with CVE-2024-21412

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Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows Server 23h2

Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2:

Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.22000.2777 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:

Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.17763.5458 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2:

Version 10.0.19043.0 and below 10.0.19044.4046 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022:

Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.2322 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2:

Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.3155 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2:

Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.4046 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.5458 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.3155 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.3155 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.709 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.5458 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.5458 is affected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

93.79%

Percentile

99.86%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.