Authenticated code execution via absolute path traversal
Published Apr 9, 2024 · Updated May 3, 2025
Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.0.0 through 24.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. Microsoft has not published the affected endpoint, file-processing locus, or the operation that accepts an absolute path. Low-privileged network access to the sensor is required, and successful exploitation executes attacker-controlled code on the sensor.
Summary
What happened
Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.0.0 through 24.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. Microsoft has not published the affected endpoint, file-processing locus, or the operation that accepts an absolute path. Low-privileged network access to the sensor is required, and successful exploitation executes attacker-controlled code on the sensor.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21323
- Published
- Apr 9, 2024
- Updated
- May 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Defender for IoT
- Classifications
- CWE-36
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=22.0.0 <24.1.3
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