high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-43573Windows MSHTML — spoofing in the legacy rendering platform

Windows' legacy web rendering platform (MSHTML) can be made to present content as coming from somewhere it does not, which costs the reader confidentiality. Microsoft gives no further detail.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Microsoft update for this CVE now; the legacy engine is reached through more than the browser, so cover servers as well.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.1/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
46%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-10-08
Added to KEV
2024-10-08
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
defense evasion
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attacker needsThe user must open attacker-supplied content that the legacy engine renders.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-43573 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24