CVE-2021-38645

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38645	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38645	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38645	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_automation_state_configuration:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_automation_update_management:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_diagnostics_\(lad\):-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_open_management_infrastructure:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_security_center:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_sentinel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_stack_hub:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:container_monitoring_solution:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:log_analytics_agent:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-09-15 12:15

Updated : 2025-10-30 19:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-38645

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38645

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38645

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

container_monitoring_solution
azure_sentinel
azure_open_management_infrastructure
azure_stack_hub
system_center_operations_manager
azure_automation_state_configuration
azure_automation_update_management
azure_diagnostics_\(lad\)
log_analytics_agent
azure_security_center

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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