CVE-2020-16981 Azure Sphere Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Medium 6.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16981 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-16981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Sphere, published on 11 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Azure Sphere. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16981/index.md)
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges on Azure Sphere devices, potentially gaining unauthorized control over the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16981?
CVE-2020-16981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Sphere, published on 11 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Sphere Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16981?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Sphere.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-16981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Sphere
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7mg-79qf-rg92.