CVE-2022-41049
Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Medium
Known exploited
- Severity
- 5.4 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 2.63%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 85.55% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- Yes
- In CISA's catalog since Nov 14, 2022
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- Fix
- None yet
- No fixed version published
Exploited in the wild. Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows). Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due for U.S. federal agencies by Dec 9, 2022.
Description
Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
How to fix
No fixed version has been published yet. Until one is, remove or replace the package, or turn off or isolate the affected feature. This page updates when a fix ships.
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Remediation due for U.S. federal agencies
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5849-834g-hvw5 pypdf has possible infinite loop when hitting EOF in standard xref table during trailer search | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-cggf-277g-3q54 pypdf has possible large memory usage when parsing page tree | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-mfr5-77xh-9j7h pypdf has possible infinite loop when cloning dictionaries | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4 Glob: AbortSignal cancellation bypass allows post-timeout filesystem traversal | Medium | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-42gh-23hr-vphw pypdf has possible long runtimes when retrieving page labels | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-4vqv-7265-gm2w pypdf has possible large memory usage for exceptions in strict mode | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-62m5-6wh8-28x7 pypdf has possible long runtimes/large memory usage for encrypted PDF files | High | Same weakness, |
| GHSA-2qm8-x737-gmw5 pyasn1 has quadratic CPU consumption in constructed BIT STRING decoding | High | Same weakness, |
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