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Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension < 1.4.3563.1 Elevation of Privilege (CVE-2025-21188)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216124

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

The version of Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.4.3563.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified elevation of privilege vulnerability.

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
 (CVE-2024-38188, CVE-2024-43470)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Microsoft Azure Network Watcher version 1.4.3563.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b69b5444

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216124

File Name: microsoft_azure_network_watcher_1.4.3563.1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/11/2025

Updated: 2/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent_for_windows

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Azure Network Watcher, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21188