Privilege escalation in Azure Active Directory Connect - CVE-2017-8613
Published: June 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7231
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8613
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a misconfiguration of the Password writeback component during enablement of the feature. A remote attacker can reset passwords, gain unauthorized access to privileged user accounts stored in an on-premises AD location and conduct further attacks.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
The weakness exists due to a misconfiguration of the Password writeback component during enablement of the feature. A remote attacker can reset passwords, gain unauthorized access to privileged user accounts stored in an on-premises AD location and conduct further attacks.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Affected software
Azure Active Directory Connect
How to mitigate CVE-2017-8613
Update to version 1.1.553.0.