Summary
Microsoft Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the operating system displays the icon of a malicious shortcut file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute code as the logged-on user.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Added to KEV
- Sep 15, 2022
- Remediation due
- Oct 6, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- EPSS
- 89.6% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References