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    CVE-2024-21412

    Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    Published:Feb 13, 2024
    Last Modified:Oct 28, 2025
    EPS:Feb 13, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.93765
    CVSS Score:8.1

    CISA Notification

    Description

    Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    Required Action:

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Mar 5, 2024
    920 days ago
    Alert Date
    Feb 13, 2024
    941 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 1809
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 21h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 22h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 21h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 22h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 23h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2019
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2022
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2022 23h2

    Exploits

    https://github.com/lsr00ter/CVE-2024-21412_Water-Hydra

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
    CAPEC-107 Cross Site Tracing
    CAPEC-127 Directory Indexing
    CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files
    CAPEC-20 Encryption Brute Forcing
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-237 Escaping a Sandbox by Calling Code in Another Language
    CAPEC-36 Using Unpublished Interfaces or Functionality
    CAPEC-477 Signature Spoofing by Mixing Signed and Unsigned Content
    CAPEC-480 Escaping Virtualization
    CAPEC-51 Poison Web Service Registry
    CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data
    CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    CAPEC-65 Sniff Application Code
    CAPEC-668 Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB)
    CAPEC-74 Manipulating State
    CAPEC-87 Forceful Browsing

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High