Advisory Details

August 9th, 2023

(0Day) Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Compute Instance certificate Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-23-1056
ZDI-CAN-20771

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE 4.4, AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Azure
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on Microsoft Azure. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target environment in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of certificates. The issue results from the exposure of a resource to the wrong control sphere. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored credentials, leading to further compromise.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

04/07/23 – ZDI reported the vulnerability to the vendor.

04/11/23 – The vendor acknowledged the report.

07/13/23 – ZDI asked for an update.

07/19/23 – The vendor asked us to join a call to discuss the report.

07/19/23 – ZDI joined the call and provided the vendor with additional details.

07/20/23 – The vendor states that they are considering this bug low severity and that they would release a fix in 30-45 days.

07/20/23 – The ZDI informed the vendor that the case is due on 08/05/23 and that we are publishing this case as a zero-day advisory on 08/09/23.

-- Mitigation: Given the nature of the vulnerability, the only salient mitigation strategy is to restrict interaction with the application.


DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2023-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2023-08-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2023-08-09 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT Nitesh Surana (@_niteshsurana) & David Fiser (@anu4is) of Project Nebula, Trend Micro Research
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