Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Azure Virtual Desktop by Microsoft
CVE-2025-21416

8.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Azure Virtual Desktop
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 April 2025

Summary

A missing authorization flaw in Azure Virtual Desktop can enable an attacker with existing network access to increase privileges, posing a risk to sensitive operations and data integrity. This vulnerability underscores the importance of proper authorization checks to secure network environments.

Affected Version(s)

Azure Virtual Desktop Unknown

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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