Local privilege escalation via improper link resolution
Published May 16, 2024 · Updated May 3, 2025
Improper link resolution in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent before 1.26.0 allows local users to elevate privileges on an affected host. Microsoft identifies link following as the weakness but has not published the affected file operation or handling of attacker-controlled links. Low-privileged local access is required, and successful exploitation grants elevated control over the host.
Summary
What happened
Improper link resolution in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent before 1.26.0 allows local users to elevate privileges on an affected host. Microsoft identifies link following as the weakness but has not published the affected file operation or handling of attacker-controlled links. Low-privileged local access is required, and successful exploitation grants elevated control over the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-30060
- Published
- May 16, 2024
- Updated
- May 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Azure Monitor
- Classifications
- CWE-59, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 16, 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=1.0.0 <1.26.0
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