CVE-2024-43572
Microsoft Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
High
Known exploited
- Severity
- 7.8 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 66.70%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 99.29% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- Yes
- In CISA's catalog since Oct 8, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-707 Improper Neutralization
- Fix
- None yet
- No fixed version published
Exploited in the wild. Microsoft Windows Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows). Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due for U.S. federal agencies by Oct 29, 2024.
Description
Microsoft Management Console Remote Code Execution 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 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-707: Improper Neutralization
The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from an upstream component or sent to a downstream component.
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Published
- Remediation due for U.S. federal agencies
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-v66p-f7x3-4794 Langflow vulnerable to injection | Medium | Same weakness, CWE-707 |
| CVE-2025-26633 Improper neutralization in Microsoft Management Console allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally. | High Known exploited | Same weakness, CWE-707 |
| GHSA-6rvv-h8g7-728w Mingsoft MCMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability | Medium | Same weakness, CWE-707 |
| GHSA-hc5g-xf64-j49j Mingsoft MCMS vulnerable to SQL Injection | Critical | Same weakness, CWE-707 |
| GHSA-p46c-m4j7-mjvq Mingsoft MCMS vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting | Medium | Same weakness, CWE-707 |
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