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Microsoft July 2024: 2 actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft Windows

CVE-2024-38080: Microsoft Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges. CVE-2024-38112: Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform contains a spoofing vulnerability that has a high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-07-09.

Why this severity: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jul 9, 2024
Closed: Jul 9, 2024
CVEs: CVE-2024-38080 CVE-2024-38112

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Updated Jul 9, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline4

Jul 9, 2024
CVE-2024-38080 published
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Jul 9, 2024
CVE-2024-38112 published
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Jul 9, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-38080 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-07-30)
Source
Jul 9, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-38112 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-07-30)
Source

Advisories5

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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