ClosedPatched

Microsoft October 2024: 2 actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft Windows

CVE-2024-43572: Microsoft Windows Management Console contains unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. CVE-2024-43573: Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform contains an unspecified spoofing vulnerability which can lead to a loss of confidentiality. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-10-08.

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

Started: Oct 8, 2024
Closed: Oct 8, 2024
CVEs: CVE-2024-43572 CVE-2024-43573

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Updated Oct 8, 2024

Affected

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

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline4

Oct 8, 2024
CVE-2024-43572 published
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Oct 8, 2024
CVE-2024-43573 published
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Oct 8, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-43572 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-29)
Source
Oct 8, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-43573 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-29)
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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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