CVE-2024-38220 | Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2024-09-10 Last update: 2024-09-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-38220 is rated Moderate Risk (63/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-38220

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-01 0.82% 0.97% +0.15%
2 2026-01-30 0.89% 0.82% -0.07%
3 2026-01-17 0.89%

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-38220

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.3 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-38220

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-38220

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft azure_stack_hub < 1.2311.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_stack_hub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-38220

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