CVE-2024-38258: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38258 and classified under CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal), affects the Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service on Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. It allows an attacker with low privileges to perform a relative path traversal attack, potentially leading to information disclosure. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact primarily on confidentiality. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the affected system. The integrity and availability of the system are not impacted. The attack requires network access and low privileges but does not require user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38258 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38258: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Description
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38258 and classified under CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal), affects the Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service on Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. It allows an attacker with low privileges to perform a relative path traversal attack, potentially leading to information disclosure. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact primarily on confidentiality. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the affected system. The integrity and availability of the system are not impacted. The attack requires network access and low privileges but does not require user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38258 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.235Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38258","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c78b7ef31ef0b564bcc
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:12 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:54:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 49
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