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CVE-2024-38094

CVE-2024-38094 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, including in ransomware campaigns, which makes it a fix-first item. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEVRansomware

7.5

CVSS

53%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Yes

Exploited in the wild

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 53%. CVSS 7.5 (High). Linked to ransomware activity.

This CVE is among the top half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 2 actively-exploited CVEs in July 2024.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38094

Microsoft SharePoint's deserialization flaw allows remote code execution on the collaboration servers that hold much of an organization's internal documents, and ransomware use is confirmed. The 53% EPSS score and 2024-10-22 KEV listing mark it as actively worked into intrusion chains. On-premises SharePoint farms, often behind on cumulative updates, are the exposed population; SharePoint Online is Microsoft's to patch.

Do this: Apply the SharePoint security update to on-premises farms and review IIS logs for unusual POST activity preceding new file drops.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38094

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-38094 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38094.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38094: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.5
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 53%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES, ransomware-linked
- Fixed by: KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch immediately

Exploited in the wild and used in ransomware campaigns.

Fixed by KB5002606 and 2 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Move this ahead of everything else in the queue, then verify the fix actually landed on every exposed device.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38094

Treat as urgent: it is being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), so patch ahead of items that are not. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-38094. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5002606 KB5002615 KB5002618

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-32987 CVE-2024-38023 CVE-2024-38024

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC CISA KEV catalog FIRST.org EPSS

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