Short Summary:
CISA has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, highlighting the risks posed by these vulnerabilities to federal enterprises. The vulnerabilities include various Microsoft products, and organizations are urged to prioritize remediation to protect against active threats.
Key Points:
- CISA added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
- Vulnerabilities include:
- CVE-2024-38189: Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38178: Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38213: Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38193: Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38106: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38107: Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- These vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors.
- BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by a specified due date.
- CISA encourages all organizations to prioritize remediation of catalog vulnerabilities.
- CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the catalog that meet specified criteria.
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs – created by AI
- Execution (T1203)
- Exploitation of software vulnerabilities to execute malicious code.
- Privilege Escalation (T1068)
- Exploitation of vulnerabilities to gain elevated access to resources.
- Defense Evasion (T1211)
- Bypassing security features to avoid detection.
CISA has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
- CVE-2024-38189 Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38178 Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38213 Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38193 Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38106 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38107 Microsoft Windows Power Dependency Coordinator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise.
Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active threats. See the BOD 22-01 Fact Sheet for more information.
Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the catalog that meet the specified criteria.
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