CVE-2025-21188 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.0019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Azure Network Watcher

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2025-2267	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-2025-21188

History

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft azure Network Watcher
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft azure Network Watcher

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00113}`	epss `{'score': 0.00125}`

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Title		Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-59
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21188
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-02-11T17:58:06.563Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T01:42:06.211Z

Reserved: 2024-12-05T21:43:30.765Z

Link: CVE-2025-21188

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-11T19:15:18.902Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-11T18:15:30.403

Modified: 2025-08-25T02:06:51.047

Link: CVE-2025-21188

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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