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CVE-2024-29988

Published: January 26, 2026
Last updated:12 hours ago (January 26, 2026)
Exploit: YesZero-day: YesPatch: YesTrend: Neutral
TL;DR
Updated January 26, 2026

CVE-2024-29988 is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.

Key Points
  • 1High severity (CVSS 8.8/10)
  • 2EPSS: 67.00% - very high likelihood of exploitation
  • 3Public exploits are available
  • 4Vendor patches are available
  • 5Strobes Priority Score: 841/1000 (High)
  • 6Affects products from: Microsoft
Severity Scores
CVSS v38.8
CVSS v20.0
Priority Score841.0
EPSS Score67.0
High
Exploitation LikelihoodCritical
67.00%EPSS

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Immediate patching required
67.00%
EPSS
8.8
CVSS
Yes
Exploit
Yes
Patch
High Priority
high EPSS • exploit exists

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

Description

Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2024-21412 to execute a malicious file.

CVSS v3 Breakdown
Attack Vector:Network
Attack Complexity:Local
Privileges Required:Network
User Interaction:Required
Scope:Unchanged
Confidentiality:High
Integrity:High
Availability:High
Exploit References
Cisa.govGitHub
Patch References
[email protected]Zeroday CZ
Trend Analysis
Neutral
Vulnerable Products
VendorProduct
MicrosoftWindows 11 23h2
MicrosoftWindows 10 1809
MicrosoftWindows 10 22h2
MicrosoftWindows 11 21h2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022
MicrosoftWindows 11 22h2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022 23h2
MicrosoftWindows 10 21h2
Advisories
CISA: Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2024-21412 to execute a malicious file.
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
Zeroday Initiative:
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