CVE-2024-35261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00312.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Azure Network Watcher Agent

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-35766	Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35261

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00914}`	epss `{'score': 0.01076}`

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent_for_windows:-:::::-::
Vendors & Products	Microsoft azure Network Watcher Agent For Windows

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-07-09T17:02:42.338Z

Updated: 2025-10-14T22:13:25.054Z

Reserved: 2024-05-14T20:14:47.412Z

Link: CVE-2024-35261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:07:46.895Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-09T17:15:17.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:20:02.430

Link: CVE-2024-35261

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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