CVE-2019-0729

critical

Description

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists in the way Azure IoT Java SDK generates symmetric keys for encryption, allowing an attacker to predict the randomness of the key, aka 'Azure IoT Java SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0729

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106966

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01415