CVE-2024-38165 Windows Compressed Folder Tampering Vulnerability
Attackers can tamper with compressed folders to potentially execute code or modify data on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38165?
CVE-2024-38165 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 22h2, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Windows Compressed Folder Tampering Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38165?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 11 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 23h2.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-38165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 11 22h2
- CVE-2024-49117 Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-21435 Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-24084 Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-33054 Remote Desktop Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-29828 Windows Schannel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5qp-6qph-5f2c.