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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LSummary
CVE-2023-29324 is a medium-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 14% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-29324 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in the Windows MSHTML Platform. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 and is associated with CWE-73. The flaw resides in the platform component responsible for rendering and handling HTML content within Windows.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network with low complexity and without user interaction. Successful exploitation permits partial bypass of security protections, resulting in limited integrity and availability impacts while leaving confidentiality unaffected.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance for the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at the listed MSRC advisory URL. The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1162 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current value of 0.0187, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-32899
Vulnerability Data
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect path-traversal issues but does not itself implement preventive controls.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly prevent external file/path manipulation.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against untrusted input influencing file operations.
Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe path construction but do not prescribe concrete file-name controls.
Secure coding standards require canonicalization, allow-listing, and bounds checks on file paths, directly eliminating CWE-73.
Information access restriction limits which files can be reached, indirectly reducing impact of path manipulation.