FalehSec Exploited-vulnerability triage · joined from CISA KEV, NVD CVSS and EPSS

CVE-2024-49035

Microsoft · Partner Center · Microsoft Partner Center Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Verdict
Patch on your normal cycle · actively exploited, not reachable unauthenticated from the internet, and in the top half of CVEs by near-term exploitation probability

Added to CISA KEV 2025-02-25 · exploited in the wild for 579 days

What an attacker can reach How likely Time What CISA says to do Sources All 545

What an attacker can reach

CVSS 8.7 HIGH. The score is a summary; these three components are the part that decides whether something scanning the internet can use it.

Attack vectornetworkreachable over the network, with no local access needed
Privileges requiredlowneeds some credentials, so a fully anonymous attacker cannot reach it directly
User interactionrequiredneeds a user to click, load or submit something first
Base vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
WeaknessCWE-269

This describes the vulnerability. It says nothing about whether your systems run it.

How likely

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.0130, which places it in the top half of all tracked CVEs. The percentile is the more useful half: 0.18 in absolute terms sounds low until you know most of the internet-facing software in the world scores under that.

EPSS probability0.0130
Percentile0.693 — top half

Time

Added to KEV2025-02-25
Days exploited579
Federal remediation duenot set
Ransomware useno known ransomware campaign use

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

An improper access control vulnerability in Partner.Microsoft.com allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Sources