Microsoft Azure CLI Confcom Extension < 0.3.3 Privilege Escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193949

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Synopsis

A Microsoft Azure CLI extension installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Azure CLI Confcom extension. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, to gain elevated privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Microsoft Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) Confcom Extension version 0.3.3 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193949

File Name: azure_cli_confcom_0_3_3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21400

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_command-line_interface

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Azure CLI/extensions

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21400

Detections

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