CVE-2024-38100
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38100- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
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 - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
EUVDEUVD-2024-37785
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37785- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-04
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g5f-975p-ff7r
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-6g5f-975p-ff7r- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38100- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
Affected products
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | CVE List, EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38100 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Server 2016, published July 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.52%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.