Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An attacker with access to any user account assigned the built-in CMPivot Administrator security role could exploit this vulnerability by escalating privileges. Specifically, they could assign themselves—or another account—the Full Administrator role (or any other elevated role), or modify existing role permissions. This would allow them to bypass intended security boundaries and gain unrestricted access across the hierarchy.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An authorized attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain configuration manager administrator privileges.
Security updates
5.00.9128.1037 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/hotfix/2409/35360093
5.0.9135.1013 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/hotfix/2503/32851084
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.7
Configuration Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Microsoft Configuration Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-47179 Configuration Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47179
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss