Summary
The Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows (WinVerifyTrust) does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Added to KEV
- Jun 8, 2022
- Remediation due
- Jun 22, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- EPSS
- 87.7% 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