CVE-2024-38188 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting the Azure Network Watcher VM Agent. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), a local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity to achieve high integrity and availability impacts. While it was addressed in Microsoft's September 2024 Patch Tuesday, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention beyond the patch release.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.4.3320.1, < 1.4.3422.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.