CVE-2024-38272 describes a vulnerability in Quick Share/Nearby for Windows that allows an attacker to bypass the file acceptance dialog, enabling unauthorized file transfers even when visibility is set to "everyone" or "contacts" mode. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.3) has a low attack complexity and requires adjacent network access, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure (integrity impact of low, confidentiality and availability of none). While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.1724.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:nearby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.