CVE-2024-43461: CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43461 is a user interface misrepresentation vulnerability (CWE-451) in the MSHTML platform of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507. It allows an attacker to spoof critical information presented to the user, potentially misleading them. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and requiring user interaction. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all high. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by misleading users through spoofed UI elements. This can facilitate further attacks that rely on user trust or interaction with spoofed content. However, exploitation requires user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43461 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-43461: CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43461 is a user interface misrepresentation vulnerability (CWE-451) in the MSHTML platform of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507. It allows an attacker to spoof critical information presented to the user, potentially misleading them. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and requiring user interaction. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all high. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by misleading users through spoofed UI elements. This can facilitate further attacks that rely on user trust or interaction with spoofed content. However, exploitation requires user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43461 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.516Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43461","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68f7d9b4247d717aace26ac0
Added to database: 10/21/2025, 19:06:28 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:55:49 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 262
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