{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 11 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38202 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38202 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-38202 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, published on 8 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38202 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-38202 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, published on 8 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38202 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10 1607. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38202/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38202/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-38202","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38202/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-38202","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gw56-mg6j-26qj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows Update","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with basic privileges can escalate privileges or bypass VBS by tricking an administrator into performing a system restore.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"windows_10_1607","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_10_1809","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_10_21h2","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_10_22h2","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_11_21h2","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_11_22h2","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_11_23h2","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2016","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2019","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2022","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2022_23h2","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"Summary\nMicrosoft was notified that an elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Update, potentially enabling an attacker with basic user privileges to reintroduce previously mitigated vulnerabilities or circumvent some features of Virtualization Based Security (VBS). However, an attacker attempting to exploit this vulnerability requires additional interaction by a privileged user to be successful.\nMicrosoft has developed a security update to mitigate this threat which was made available October 08, 2024 and is provided in the Security Updates table of this CVE for customers to download. Note: Depending on your version of Windows, additional steps may be required to update Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to be protected from this vulnerability. Please refer to the FAQ section for more information. Guidance for customers who cannot immediately implement the update is provided in the Recommended Actions section of this CVE to help reduce the risks associated with this vulnerability and to protect their systems.\nIf there are any further updates regarding mitigations for this vulnerability, this CVE will be updated and customers will be notified. We highly encourage customers to subscribe to Security Update Guide notifications to receive an alert if an update occurs.\nDetails\nA security researcher informed Microsoft of an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Update potentially enabling an attacker with basic user privileges to reintroduce previously mitigated vulnerabilities or circumvent some features of VBS. For exploitation to succeed, an attacker must trick or convince an Administrator or a user with delegated permissions into performing a system restore which inadvertently triggers the vulnerability.\nMicrosoft has developed a security update to mitigate this threat which was made available October 08, 2024 and is provided in the Security Updates table of this CVE for customers to download. Note: Depending on your version of Windows, additional steps may be required to update Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to be protected from this vulnerability. Please refer to the FAQ section for more information. Guidance for customers who cannot immediately implement the update is provided in the Recommended Actions section of this CVE to help reduce the risks associated with this vulnerability and to protect their systems.\nIf there are any further... See more at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38202","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-38202","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:windows_10_1607","products":["microsoft:windows_10_1607","microsoft:windows_10_1809","microsoft:windows_10_21h2","microsoft:windows_10_22h2","microsoft:windows_11_21h2","microsoft:windows_11_22h2","microsoft:windows_11_23h2","microsoft:windows_server_2016","microsoft:windows_server_2019","microsoft:windows_server_2022","microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-38203"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-38201"},"products":["Windows 10 Version 1607","Windows 10 Version 1809","Windows 10 Version 21H2","Windows 10 Version 22H2","Windows 11 Version 23H2","Windows 11 version 21H2","Windows 11 version 22H2","Windows 11 version 22H3","Windows Server 2016","Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2019","Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2022","Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)"],"published":"2024-08-08","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Double Free","id":"CVE-2026-33824","kev_date_added":"2026-08-18","published":"2026-04-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Shell Protection Mechanism Failure","id":"CVE-2026-21510","kev_date_added":"2026-02-10","published":"2026-02-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft MSHTML Framework Protection Mechanism Failure","id":"CVE-2026-21513","kev_date_added":"2026-02-10","published":"2026-02-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2023-32049","kev_date_added":"2023-07-11","published":"2023-07-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Microsoft Streaming Service Untrusted Pointer Dereference","id":"CVE-2023-29360","kev_date_added":"2024-02-29","published":"2023-06-13"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2026-85880","kev_date_added":"2026-09-08","published":"2026-09-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-56155","kev_date_added":"2026-07-14","published":"2026-07-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-07-10","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An attacker with basic privileges can escalate privileges or bypass VBS by tricking an administrator into performing a system restore.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38202/"}