Windows Vulnerabilities Added to CISA Known Exploited Catalog - 20240710001

Overview

Microsoft has released security advisories for known exploited vulnerabilities impacting Windows systems. The advisories relate to a Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability and a Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that could result in an attacker gaining SYSTEM privileges if exploited.

What is vulnerable?

Product(s) Affected	CVE	Severity	CVSS
Windows 11, Server 2022	CVE-2024-38080 - Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	High	7.8
Windows 11, 10, multiple Server versions	CVE-2024-38112 - Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability	High	7.5

What has been observed?

CISA added this vulnerability in their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. There is no evidence of exploitation affecting Western Australian Government networks at the time of publishing.

Recommendation

The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 48 Hours (refer Patch Management):

• Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
• Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability