Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This high-severity flaw could let an unauthenticated remote attacker gain additional privileges in affected Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central releases. Successful exploitation may expose, alter, or disrupt business data, although the CVSS assessment limits each impact to low. Organizations running listed releases should promptly confirm patch status.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority patching and exposure-validation item, especially for network-accessible systems. Request prompt confirmation of inventory, update coverage, and compensating access restrictions. Emergency incident response is not justified solely by the supplied evidence because active exploitation is not established.
Technical view
CVE-2024-35248 is a network-reachable elevation-of-privilege vulnerability affecting listed Business Central 2023 and 2024 release waves. CVSS 3.1 scores it 7.3: low complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, unchanged scope, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The supplied evidence does not describe the vulnerable mechanism.
Likely exposure
Potential exposure exists where Business Central 22.0.0, 23.0.0, or 24.0 is deployed without Microsoft's applicable security update. Internet or broadly network-accessible instances warrant faster review. The bundle does not establish whether hosted services were automatically remediated or identify every affected build.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is established by the supplied sources, and this CVE is not listed as KEV in the bundle. The CVSS vector reports network access, low complexity, no authentication, and no user interaction, making unpatched reachable systems concerning. Exploit maturity is recorded as unproven.
Researcher notes
Public details in the bundle are sparse: Microsoft identifies elevation of privilege and a patch, while CVSS indicates unauthenticated network reachability with low impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CWE-1390 is assigned, but the bundle provides no mechanism, prerequisites beyond CVSS, proof of concept, exploitation telemetry, or exact corrected builds.
Mitigation direction
- Review Microsoft's CVE advisory for the applicable Business Central security update.
- Apply the Microsoft-provided update using approved change-management procedures.
- Prioritize externally reachable or broadly accessible Business Central deployments.
- Restrict unnecessary network access until remediation is confirmed.
- Maintain current backups and recovery procedures before updating production systems.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Business Central deployments and record release and build versions.
- Identify systems running release waves 22, 23, or 24.
- Compare installed updates against Microsoft's CVE advisory and servicing guidance.
- Confirm remediation on production and disaster-recovery instances.
- Review relevant access and application logs for unexplained privilege-related activity.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C3.93.4microsoftVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.3HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE reference, microsoft · vendor-advisory, patch
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Weak Authentication
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