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CVE detail

CVE-2024-38030

Windows Themes Spoofing Vulnerability

CVSS 6.5 · MediumBuzz score 17.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 17.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
2 source links · newest first
  • Yet another vulnerability has popped up in the way Windows handles the Themes that employees download in hopes of getting a snazzier desktop. But an expert says the impact of the hole could be blunted simply by blocking a port. The issue arose this week with a report from researchers at Acros Security of Slovenia, who […]

    newswww.csoonline.comOct 31, 2024, 5:49 PM
  • Despite two patching attempts, a security issue that may allow attackers to compromise Windows user’s NTLM (authentication) credentials via a malicious Windows themes file still affects Microsoft’s operating system, 0patch researchers have discovered. The path to discovery The story starts with CVE-2024-21320, a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability that was reported by Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled and fixed by Microsoft in January 2024. The vulnerability could be triggered by a .theme file that specified a … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comOct 29, 2024, 10:16 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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