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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-55241
Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description

Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 24, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-55241 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft microsoft_entra_id
2 Microsoft entra_id
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL f38d906d-7342-40ea-92c1-6c4a2c6478c8
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-55241 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-55241.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55241 Vendor Advisory
https://dirkjanm.io/obtaining-global-admin-in-every-entra-id-tenant-with-actor-tokens/ Technical Description Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-55241 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-55241 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Spanky-McSpank/CVE-2025-55241-Internal-Audit

Audit Tool for CVE-2025-55241 - No Warranty Provided or Assumed. Analyze and Use at Own Risk

Python Shell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Sept. 19, 2025, 2:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-55241 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cyber Express
‘Payroll Pirate’ Attacks Target U.S. Universities, Diverting Employee Salaries

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed a spate of financially motivated cyberattacks against universities across the United States. The threat actor, known as Storm-2657, is exploiting weak authen ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 10, 2025 (3 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Microsoft Warns: Threat Actors Turn Microsoft Teams into a Weapon for Ransomware, Espionage, and Social Engineering

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has released an extensive report detailing how both cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors are weaponizing Microsoft Teams, exploiting its collaboration features — mes ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 09, 2025 (3 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • The Cyber Express
Scattered Spider Moves from Data Leaks to Insider-Powered Access Markets Targeting Microsoft, Apple, and More

Scattered Spider has shifted its operational strategy, moving away from chaotic data leaks toward a more structured and professional model of cybercrime. Now functioning as a hybrid of Ransomware-as-a ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 07, 2025 (4 weeks ago)
  • europa.eu
Cyber Brief 25-10 - September 2025

Cyber Brief (September 2025)October 1, 2025 - Version: 1TLP:CLEARExecutive summaryWe analysed 285 open source reports for this Cyber Security Brief1.Relating to cyber policy and law enforcement, Russi ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 01, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • The Cyber Express
CISA Says Failure to Patch, Untested IRP, Silent EDR Alerts, Led to a Federal Agency Breach

CISA this week offered a rare window into a real-world breach at a U.S. federal civilian agency. Delays in patching, unexercised incident response plans, and inadequate monitoring of EDR alerts were t ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 24, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • Hackread - Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto
Microsoft Fixed Entra ID Vulnerability Allowing Global Admin Impersonation

Microsoft has addressed a critical security vulnerability in Azure Entra ID, tracked as CVE-2025-55241, that was initially described as a low-impact privilege escalation bug. Security research later ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 23, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • The Cyber Express
22 Vulnerabilities Under Attack – And Another That Could Be

Cyble researchers detailed 22 vulnerabilities under active attack in a blog post today – and nine of them aren’t in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Twelve of the vulnerabilities ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 23, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
The Actor Token Nightmare: CVE-2025-55241

September 22, 2025In July 2025, deep within the cloud fabric that powers thousands of businesses worldwide, a flaw silently waited to be discovered. It lurked in the legacy backend of Microsoft’s Entr ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 22, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Microsoft Entra ID flaw allowed hijacking any company's tenant

A critical combination of legacy components could have allowed complete access to the Microsoft Entra ID tenant of every company in the world. The fatal mix included undocumented tokens called “actor ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 21, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • security.nl
Microsoft verhoogt impact van kritieke Entra ID-kwetsbaarheid naar 10.0

Microsoft heeft de impact van een kritieke kwetsbaarheid in Entra ID verhoogd naar de maximale score van 10.0. Via het beveiligingslek, gevonden door de Nederlandse beveiligingsonderzoeker Dirk-jan Mo ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 19, 2025 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • The Register
One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

A security researcher claims to have found a flaw that could have handed him the keys to almost every Entra ID tenant worldwide. Dirk-jan Mollema reported the finding to the Microsoft Security Researc ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 19, 2025 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Critical Microsoft’s Entra ID Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Gain Complete Administrative Control

A critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Entra ID could have allowed an attacker to gain complete administrative control over any tenant in Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure. The flaw, now patche ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 18, 2025 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Microsoft September 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 81 flaws, two zero-days

Today is Microsoft's September 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 81 flaws, including two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also fixes nine "Critical ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 09, 2025 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-55241 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Azure Entra Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:entra_id:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55241 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://dirkjanm.io/obtaining-global-admin-in-every-entra-id-tenant-with-actor-tokens/ Types: Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Sep. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://dirkjanm.io/obtaining-global-admin-in-every-entra-id-tenant-with-actor-tokens/
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag exclusively-hosted-service
    Added Description Azure Entra Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55241
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 10.0
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