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Scrape Timestamp (UTC): 2024-08-21 16:20:10.909
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/microsoft-patches-critical-copilot.html
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Microsoft Patches Critical Copilot Studio Vulnerability Exposing Sensitive Data. Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting Microsoft's Copilot Studio that could be exploited to access sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2024-38206 (CVSS score: 8.5), the vulnerability has been described as an information disclosure bug stemming from a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. "An authenticated attacker can bypass Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) protection in Microsoft Copilot Studio to leak sensitive information over a network," Microsoft said in an advisory released on August 6, 2024. The tech giant further said the vulnerability has been addressed and that it requires no customer action. Tenable security researcher Evan Grant, who is credited with discovering and reporting the shortcoming, said it takes advantage of Copilot's ability to make external web requests. "Combined with a useful SSRF protection bypass, we used this flaw to get access to Microsoft's internal infrastructure for Copilot Studio, including the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) and internal Cosmos DB instances," Grant said. Put differently, the attack technique made it possible to retrieve the instance metadata in a Copilot chat message, using it to obtain managed identity access tokens, which could then be abused to access other internal resources, including gaining read/write access to a Cosmos DB instance. The cybersecurity company further noted that while the approach does not allow access to cross-tenant information, the infrastructure powering the Copilot Studio service is shared among tenants, potentially affecting multiple customers when having elevated access to Microsoft's internal infrastructure. The disclosure comes as Tenable detailed two now-patched security flaws in Microsoft's Azure Health Bot Service (CVE-2024-38109, CVSS score: 9.1), that, if exploited, could permit a malicious actor to achieve lateral movement within customer environments and access sensitive patient data. It also follows an announcement from Microsoft that it will require all Microsoft Azure customers to have enabled multi-factor authentication (MFA) on their accounts starting October 2024 as part of its Secure Future Initiative (SFI). "MFA will be required to sign-in to Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Intune admin center. The enforcement will gradually roll out to all tenants worldwide," Redmond said. "Beginning in early 2025, gradual enforcement for MFA at sign-in for Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, Azure mobile app, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools will commence."
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• A critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Copilot Studio, identified as CVE-2024-38206 with a CVSS score of 8.5, compromised sensitive data exposure through an SSRF attack. • The flaw allowed authenticated attackers to circumvent SSRF defenses, thereby retrieving sensitive information via network systems. • The vulnerability exploited the ability of Copilot Studio to make external web requests, granting attackers access to Microsoft’s internal resources, such as Instance Metadata Service and internal Cosmos DB instances. • Access tokens obtained through the exploited vulnerability could potentially lead to elevated access within Microsoft's shared internal infrastructure, impacting multiple customer environments. • The issue has been resolved by Microsoft, which asserted that no further customer action is necessary. • The security find was part of Tenable’s larger effort, which also disclosed serious concerns in Microsoft Azure Health Bot Service, potentially allowing lateral movement and access to sensitive patient data. • Microsoft announced an upcoming mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Azure services, beginning October 2024, as part of their Secure Future Initiative (SFI).