CVE-2024-38214

FAQ

According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H) but have no effect on integrity (I:N) or on availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?

An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view sensitive information (Confidentiality). While the attacker can not make changes to disclosed information (Integrity) and limit access to the resource (Availability).

Windows 11, version 24H2 is not generally available yet. Why are there updates for this version of Windows listed in the Security Updates table?

The new Copilot+ devices that are now publicly available come with Windows 11, version 24H2 installed. Customers with these devices need to know about any vulnerabilities that affect their machine and to install the updates if they are not receiving automatic updates. Note that the general availability date for Windows 11, version 24H2 is scheduled for later this year.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?

This attack requires a admin user on the client to connect to a malicious server and then take specific actions which could result in information disclosure.