Remote authenticated privilege escalation
Published Apr 9, 2024 · Updated May 3, 2025
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for IoT before 24.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the access-control operation that mishandles a privileged request. Exploitation requires high privileges over a network interface; the resulting privilege level and enabled sensor operations remain undisclosed.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for IoT before 24.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the access-control operation that mishandles a privileged request. Exploitation requires high privileges over a network interface; the resulting privilege level and enabled sensor operations remain undisclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-29054
- Published
- Apr 9, 2024
- Updated
- May 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Defender for IoT
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=22.0.0 <24.1.3
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