CVE-2024-29988

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?

In an email or instant message attack scenario, the attacker could send the targeted user a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the remote code execution vulnerability.

In any case an attacker would have no way to force a user to view attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action. For example, an attacker could entice a user to either click a link that directs the user to the attacker's site or send a malicious attachment.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?

A user needs to be tricked into running malicious files.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?

To exploit this security feature bypass vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to launch malicious files using a launcher application that requests that no UI be shown.