Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure IoT CLI extension - CVE-2021-24087
Published: February 9, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50508
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24087
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Azure IoT CLI extension
Azure IoT CLI extension
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Azure CLI and Azure IoT CLI extension generates new symmetric keys for encryption, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-24087
Install updates from vendor's website.