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CVE-2024-43460: Dynamics 365 Business Central Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Improper authorization in Dynamics 365 Business Central resulted in a vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

HighCVSS 8.1Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

An authenticated user could gain permissions they should not have in Dynamics 365 Business Central Online. Successful abuse could allow unauthorized changes or service disruption, although the supplied CVSS assessment indicates no direct confidentiality impact.

Executive priority

Treat this as a prompt remediation priority because a low-privileged account could affect business data integrity and service availability. Confirm Microsoft remediation status across all tenants and investigate suspicious privilege changes.

Technical view

CVE-2024-43460 is an improper-authorization flaw, classified as CWE-285. It is remotely reachable with low attack complexity, requires low privileges, and needs no user interaction. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.1, with high integrity and availability impact.

Likely exposure

Organizations using Dynamics 365 Business Central Online may be exposed. The source bundle does not identify specific affected versions, tenant configurations, or deployment conditions, so exposure must be confirmed through Microsoft guidance and tenant records.

Exploitation context

The attacker must already be authenticated with low privileges. The sources do not establish public exploitation or active attacks, and this CVE is not identified as being in CISA's KEV catalog within the supplied bundle.

Researcher notes

The vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H. The supplied evidence confirms improper authorization but provides no affected version range, vulnerable operation, exploitation method, or detection indicators. Avoid assuming all tenants remain vulnerable.

Mitigation direction

  • Review the Microsoft advisory for the applicable remediation and deployment status.
  • Confirm all Business Central Online tenants have received Microsoft's required security update or mitigation.
  • Restrict unnecessary accounts and privileges until remediation status is verified.
  • Investigate unexpected privilege, role, configuration, or availability changes.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory every Dynamics 365 Business Central Online tenant in organizational use.
  • Compare tenant remediation status with the Microsoft advisory and administrative records.
  • Review user roles and privileged memberships for unauthorized elevation.
  • Examine available audit records for unexplained permission or configuration changes.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
3

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

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cwe · low confidence lookup

CWE-285: Exact CWE lookup

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Privilege behavior lookup

The CVE wording references privilege impact, so privilege escalation and authorization behavior review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.

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CVE-2024-43460 mapping review

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
8.1 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
3Timeline events
1ADP providers
2Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: noTechnical Impact: partial

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
8.1CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C2.85.2microsoft

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

8.1High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2024-43460Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

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  1. CVE reservedCVE Program

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  2. CVE publishedCVE Program

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  3. CVE updatedCVE Program

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ADP provider summaries

CISA-ADPCISA ADP Vulnrichment
other:ssvc

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
MicrosoftDynamics 365 Business Central Online-Listed
Weakness

CWE details

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CWE-285 · source CWE mapping

Improper Authorization

Improper Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.