CVE-2021-38645
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Description
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Attack vector: Local
The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: Low
A basic user account is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Local | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | Low | A basic user account is needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.02727 (2.7% probability)
- Percentile
- 86.2%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Nov 3, 2021
- Federal due date
- Nov 17, 2021
CISA assessment as of Feb 4, 2025
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Affected products
Microsoft Azure Automation State Configuration, DSC Extension
- affected: 2.0.0 up to before DSC Agent versions: 2.71.1.25, 2.70.0.30, 3.0.0.3
Microsoft Azure Automation Update Management
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
Microsoft Azure Diagnostics (LAD)
- affected: 3.0.0 up to before LAD v4.0.13 and LAD v3.0.135
Microsoft Azure Security Center
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
Microsoft Azure Sentinel
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before Monitor, Update and Config Mgmnt 1.14.01
Microsoft Container Monitoring Solution
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before publication
Microsoft Log Analytics Agent
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure
- affected: 16.0 up to before OMI Version 1.6.8-1
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
- affected: 1.0.0 up to before OMI version: 1.6.8-1
References
- Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (msrc.microsoft.com)vendor-advisorypatch
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/…
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record last updated
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