Improper access control in Azure VM Agents - CVE-2023-32990

 

Improper access control in Azure VM Agents - CVE-2023-32990

Published: May 17, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76248
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32990
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints. A remote user can connect to an attacker-specified Azure Cloud server using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method.


Affected software

Azure VM Agents

How to mitigate CVE-2023-32990

Install updates from vendor's website.

Azure VM Agents - update to 853.v4a_1a_dd947520

External References

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