Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure Connected Machine Agent - CVE-2023-35624

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure Connected Machine Agent - CVE-2023-35624

Published: December 12, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84348
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35624
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Azure Connected Machine Agent

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Azure Connected Machine Agent, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-35624

Install updates from vendor's website.

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