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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2019-1258

High
8.8/10

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Active Directory Authentication Library On-Behalf-Of flow, in the way the library caches tokens, aka 'Azure Active Directory Authentication Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published