Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- EPSS is 0.68% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-38203High confidence
Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025
6.2MediumCVSS 3.1
Scheduled
Patch availableMedium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
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Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityMedium→Operational priority:Medium, unchanged from published severity.unchanged
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Microsoft Windows Server 2025 and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
Patch available01
What, why and how
Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
What
Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Why
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.
What
Windows Package Library Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Why
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may obtain information outside the intended access boundary.
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Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- local access → Protection Mechanism Failure → obtain information outside the intended access boundary
- Attack surface
- Local
- Privileges required
- None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
- Security boundary
- Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness. - CWE-693 ↗
CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:CCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
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Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Patch available
- Affected
- Windows Server 2025: 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.2314
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation): 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.2314
- Windows 10 Version 1809: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6532
- Windows Server 2019: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6532
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6532
- Windows Server 2022: 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.2849
- Windows 10 Version 21H2: 10.0.19043.0 < 10.0.19044.5131
- Windows 11 version 22H2: 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.4460
- Windows 10 Version 22H2: 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.5131
- Windows 11 version 22H3: 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.4460
- Windows 11 Version 23H2: 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.4460
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation): 10.0.25398.0 < 10.0.25398.1251
- Windows 11 Version 24H2: 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.2314
- Windows 10 Version 1507: 10.0.10240.0 < 10.0.10240.20826
- Windows 10 Version 1607: 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7515
- Windows Server 2016: 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7515
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7515
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: 6.0.6003.0 < 6.0.6003.22966
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation): 6.0.6003.0 < 6.0.6003.22966
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: 6.0.6003.0 < 6.0.6003.22966
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: 6.1.7601.0 < 6.1.7601.27415
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation): 6.1.7601.0 < 6.1.7601.27415
- Windows Server 2012: 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.25165
- Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation): 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.25165
- Windows Server 2012 R2: 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.22267
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation): 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.22267
- Action
- Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance
Published 12 Nov 2024 · Last source change 8 Jul 2025, 15:41 UTC · CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-37802
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceOther authority
NVD statusNVD enriched
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.