SYSTEM file disclosure via directory junction
Published Feb 25, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Information disclosure in Windows Device Management Enrollment Service allows local users to read arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. The service follows an attacker-created directory junction and returns contents from an unintended filesystem path rather than the enrollment directory. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on an affected host; it exposes file contents readable as SYSTEM without reported modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Windows Device Management Enrollment Service allows local users to read arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. The service follows an attacker-created directory junction and returns contents from an unintended filesystem path rather than the enrollment directory. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on an affected host; it exposes file contents readable as SYSTEM without reported modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-24084
- Published
- Feb 25, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-59, CAPEC-132, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 25, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <10.0.17763.2366
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