CVE-2021-38648

unknown KEV

Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) within Azure VM Management Extensions contains an unspecified vulnerability allowing privilege escalation.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)
Due date: 2021-11-17

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/local/cve_2021_38648_omigod rank 600

Microsoft OMI Management Interface Authentication Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
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References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.