Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
Security updates
18.3.0.0 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-release-notes
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft Azure File Sync Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Azure File Sync allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-53729 Microsoft Azure File Sync Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53729
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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