CVE-2024-38100: Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

More Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Jul

Released

2024-07-09

EPSS Score

30.76% (percentile: 96.7%)

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

Affected Products (7)

Windows

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (4)

• 5040430
• 5040437
• 5040438
• 5040434

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/decoder_it">Andrea Pierini</a> with <a href="https://www.semperis.com/">Semperis</a>

Revision History

• 2024-07-09: Information published.