Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Released: Dec 10, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- Microsoft
- CVE.org link
- CVE-2024-49068
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Max Severity
- Important
- Weakness
- CVSS Source
- Microsoft
- Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Metrics
- CVSS:3.1 8.2 / 7.1Base score metrics: 8.2 / Temporal score metrics: 7.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Exploit Code Maturity
Unproven
Remediation Level
Official Fix
Report Confidence
Confirmed
Please see Common Vulnerability Scoring System for more information on the definition of these metrics.
Exploitability
The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploited
- No
- Exploitability assessment
- Exploitation Less Likely
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the privileges of the compromised user.
There are multiple update packages available for some of the affected software. Do I need to install all the updates listed in the Security Updates table for the software?
Yes. Customers should apply all updates offered for the software installed on their systems. If multiple updates apply, they can be installed in any order.
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a high loss of confidentiality (C:H), and some loss of integrity (I:L) and no loss of availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view sensitive information, a token in this scenario (Confidentiality), and make some changes to disclosed information (Integrity), but they would not be able to affect Availability.
Acknowledgements
Security Updates
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Disclaimer
Revisions
Information published.