Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38074

Critical

Published: 09 July 2024

Published
09 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0891 92.8th percentile
Risk Priority 25 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38074 is a critical-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 7.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38074. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 and is associated with CWE-191. It affects the licensing service component responsible for managing Remote Desktop client access licenses on Windows systems.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the service, resulting in full impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target host.

Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at the listed advisory URLs, directing administrators to available patches and configuration updates. The associated EPSS score has remained near 0.09 with only minor fluctuation since disclosure and does not indicate emerging exploitation activity.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2008
r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
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

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References