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CVE-2024-38173

CVE-2024-38173 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy the update below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium

6.7

CVSS v3

<1%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 6.7 (Medium).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38173

This one is a remote code execution flaw in Outlook itself, reachable through Office 2019 and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, meaning it can be triggered through email content rather than requiring existing system access. Its Medium 6.7 severity and 1 percent EPSS make it far less urgent than the Critical kernel and Secure Kernel issues above, since predictive models see very low real world exploitation likelihood.

Do this: Include this Outlook fix in the normal monthly Office update cycle rather than an emergency out of band push.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38173

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-2024-38173 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38173.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38173: Medium severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 6.7
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: <1%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002626
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.

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS under 1%.

Fixed by KB5002626. Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38173

Lower priority: patch in your normal cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5002626 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security update below to fix CVE-2024-38173. 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.

KB5002626

Scope and sources

Affected products

Authoritative references

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

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