CVE-2024-49052 (GCVE-0-2024-49052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 19:44 – Updated: 2025-07-08 15:41 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-11-26 08:00
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