CVE-2024-38018: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-38018) affects Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 version 16.0.0 and is classified under CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data). It enables remote code execution by processing maliciously crafted serialized data. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official patch to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on the affected SharePoint server, potentially leading to full compromise of the system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38018 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38018: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Description
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-38018) affects Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 version 16.0.0 and is classified under CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data). It enables remote code execution by processing maliciously crafted serialized data. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official patch to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on the affected SharePoint server, potentially leading to full compromise of the system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38018 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T18:18:00.679Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38018","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c74b7ef31ef0b564339
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:45:36 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 51
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