🛡 H3lium@infosec.exchange/:~# :blinking_cursor:<p>"⚠️ Windows SmartScreen Bypass Alert: CVE-2024-21351 Unveiled 🔓"</p><p>A new vulnerability, CVE-2024-21351, exposes a security feature bypass in Windows SmartScreen, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a malicious file. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.6, follows the previously patched CVE-2023-36025, indicating a method to circumvent Microsoft's efforts in securing its SmartScreen feature. Attackers exploit this vulnerability actively in the wild, despite Microsoft's release of an official fix. </p><p>Technical breakdown: CVE-2024-21351 allows code injection into SmartScreen, bypassing protections and potentially leading to data exposure or system unavailability. Cybersecurity professionals must understand the attack vector, which requires social engineering to convince a user to open a malicious file.</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WindowsSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CVE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVE2024</span></a>-21351 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SmartScreenBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartScreenBypass</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vulnerability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PatchNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatchNow</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSecCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSecCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ThreatIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatIntelligence</span></a> 🛡️💻🔧</p><p>Mitre CVE Summary: <a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21351" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CVE-2024-21351</a></p>