Microsoft Arc Enabled Servers Azure Connected Machine Agent access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Arc Enabled Servers. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Azure Connected Machine Agent. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-47989. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Arc Enabled Servers (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Azure Connected Machine Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-47989. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/20/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Timelineinfo

10/14/2025 VulDB entry created
10/14/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2025 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
10/20/2025 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-47989 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-47989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328322

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2025 19:07
Updated: 10/20/2025 23:44
Changes: 10/14/2025 19:07 (8), 10/14/2025 19:08 (26), 10/14/2025 19:11 (34), 10/20/2025 23:44 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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