Privilege escalation via trusted attacker-controlled authentication data
Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
Authentication bypass in Microsoft Airlift.microsoft.com allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges over a network. The service treats attacker-controllable authentication data as immutable when making an access-control decision, but Microsoft has not identified the affected field or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access and user interaction; the reported consequence is elevated access affecting confidentiality and integrity, not service availability.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Microsoft Airlift.microsoft.com allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges over a network. The service treats attacker-controllable authentication data as immutable when making an access-control decision, but Microsoft has not identified the affected field or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access and user interaction; the reported consequence is elevated access affecting confidentiality and integrity, not service availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49056
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Airlift.microsoft.com
- Classifications
- CWE-302, T1078.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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