CVE-2024-29988
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-29988- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-26960
8.8
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-26960- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qpqh-hxc9-r48w
8.8
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-qpqh-hxc9-r48w- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-29988- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-29988- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft smartscreen prompt
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Sploitus/CVE-2024-29988-exploit | 2024-05-03 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-29988 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Smartscreen Prompt, published April 9, 2024. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since April 30, 2024. EUVD reports exploitation since April 30, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 45.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.