CVE-2024-21397 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Azure File Sync Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00497.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Azure File Sync

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.0`	affected	< 16.2

Microsoft

Azure File Sync

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.0.0`	affected	< 16.2

Microsoft

Azure File Sync

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`14.0.0`	affected	< 16.2

Microsoft

Azure File Sync

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`17.0.0`	affected	< 17.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_file_sync::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_file_sync:17.0.0.0:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Azure File Sync Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-19107	Microsoft Azure File Sync Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21397

History

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:azure_file_sync::::::::

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:azure_file_sync::::::::

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-02-13T18:02:45.742Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T17:53:03.611Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T22:45:20.455Z

Link: CVE-2024-21397

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:20:40.409Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-13T18:15:58.060

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:09:11.960

Link: CVE-2024-21397

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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