CVE-2024-38165: Windows Compressed Folder Tampering Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Tampering
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2024-Aug
Released
2024-08-13
EPSS Score
0.26% (percentile: 49.0%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.

Affected Products (4)

Windows

  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/terrynini38514">Terrynini</a> with <a href="https://devco.re/">DEVCORE</a>

Revision History

  • 2024-08-13: Information published. This CVE was addressed by updates that were released in July 2024, but the CVE was inadvertently omitted from the July 2024 Security Updates. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already installed the July 2024 updates do not need to take any further action.