{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 9 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-21412 in the wild since at least 13 Feb 2024, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 5 Mar 2024.","what":"CVE-2024-21412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809, published on 13 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21412 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-21412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809, published on 13 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-21412 in the wild since at least 13 Feb 2024, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21412/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-21412","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21412/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-21412","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2mmw-g99r-5x3v"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows OS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass security features in Internet Shortcut files on Windows, potentially leading to unauthorized 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installation)"],"published":"2024-02-13","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft SmartScreen Prompt Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2024-29988","kev_date_added":"2024-04-30","published":"2024-04-09"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Use After Free","id":"CVE-2025-62221","kev_date_added":"2025-12-09","published":"2025-12-09"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2025-30400","kev_date_added":"2025-05-13","published":"2025-05-13"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Kernel Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control","id":"CVE-2024-21338","kev_date_added":"2024-03-04","published":"2024-02-13"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-36033","kev_date_added":"2023-11-14","published":"2023-11-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-36802","kev_date_added":"2023-09-12","published":"2023-09-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-10","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass security features in Internet Shortcut files on Windows, potentially leading to unauthorized actions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21412/"}