Azure Storage Utility Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation to Root Access
Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 6:45 am
A critical vulnerability discovered by Varonis Threat Labs has exposed users of Microsoft Azure’s AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads to a potential privilege escalation attack.
The flaw, found in a utility pre-installed on select Azure Linux virtual machines, made it possible for an unprivileged local user to gain root access-a severe breach of the principle of least privilege.
https://gbhackers.com/azure-storage-uti ... erability/
The flaw, found in a utility pre-installed on select Azure Linux virtual machines, made it possible for an unprivileged local user to gain root access-a severe breach of the principle of least privilege.
https://gbhackers.com/azure-storage-uti ... erability/