CVE-2025-59494 describes an improper access control vulnerability within the Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent, allowing an authenticated local attacker to achieve privilege escalation. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, it has garnered significant community attention with two articles and two community discussions, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.38.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_monitor_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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.