Local privilege escalation via undisclosed access-control flaw
Published Aug 13, 2024 · Updated Jul 10, 2025
Improper access control in Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent before 1.44 allows local users to elevate privileges on a managed host. Microsoft has not published the affected component, the access-control boundary, or the operation that a local user can misuse. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and no user interaction; success grants elevated control over the managed host.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent before 1.44 allows local users to elevate privileges on a managed host. Microsoft has not published the affected component, the access-control boundary, or the operation that a local user can misuse. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and no user interaction; success grants elevated control over the managed host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-38162
- Published
- Aug 13, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Azure Connected Machine agent
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <1.44
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