CVE-2021-38648 — Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2021-38648: Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | Microsoft |
| Product | Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) |
| Date added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due date | 2021-11-17 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) within Azure VM Management Extensions contains an unspecified vulnerability allowing privilege escalation.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38648
Weakness behind it
CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-1390. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38648
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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