Medium severity · published Jul 15, 2019
CVE-2019-0962
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Automation "RunAs account" runbooks for users with contributor role, aka 'Azure Automation Elevation of Privilege…
4.9
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Automation "RunAs account" runbooks for users with contributor role, aka 'Azure Automation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Azure Automation · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0962
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0962
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0962
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