CVE-2024-38100
highWindows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft — windows server 2016
Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secure@microsoft.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-07-09 17:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
microsoft / windows_server_2016 <10.0.14393.7159
microsoft / windows_server_2019 <10.0.17763.6054
microsoft / windows_server_2022 <10.0.20348.2582
microsoft / windows_server_2022_23h2 <10.0.25398.1009
Weakness classification (CWE)
CWE-284 NVD-CWE-Other
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100
Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100
Patch / mitigation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100
Patch / mitigation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100 secure@microsoft.com
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38100 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗