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CVE-2024-43461
Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability
CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG
Attention and evidence
HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.6/10
General review priority; not probability
Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded
Sources: 11 documents and public datasets.
Hype components
Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100
Sources and documents
BleepingComputer
Press · 18 Mar 2025, 07:00 · New Windows zero-day exploited by 11 state hacking groups since 2017 - BleepingComputer
thezdi.com
Press · 08 Jan 2025, 08:00 · ZDI Threat Hunting 2024: Highlights, Trends, & Challenges - thezdi.com
Security Affairs
Press · 17 Sep 2024, 07:00 · U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform and Progress WhatsUp Gold bugs to its Known Exploited Vul... - Security Affairs
Security Affairs
Press · 16 Sep 2024, 07:00 · Recently patched Windows flaw CVE-2024-43461 was actively exploited as a zero-day before July 2024 - Security Affairs
TechTarget
Press · 16 Sep 2024, 07:00 · Windows spoofing flaw exploited in earlier zero-day attacks - TechTarget
Score evolution
● Hype ● Reality
Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.
First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.
Public exploit evidence
0
Public exploit entries / repo candidates
Evidence context and dated references
Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.
Evidence in context
- Confidence in exploitation evidence
- Exploitation recorded
- Priority basis
- Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 54.5%
- Attention, last 30 days
- 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
- Technical potential
- network access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
- Observed activity
- Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
- Known scale
- Not quantified.
- Evidence confidence basis
- Trusted exploitation confirmation
Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:17.885001+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z
Source event timeline
First press mention
05 Dec 2017, 08:00
Published
10 Sep 2024, 16:54
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
16 Sep 2024, 00:00
Latest press mention
18 Mar 2025, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:59