4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
This article describes the improvements and issues that are fixed in the Azure File Sync Agent v18 release that is dated May 2024. Additionally, this article contains installation instructions for this release.
Faster server provisioning & improved disaster recovery for Azure File Sync server end pointsWeβre reducing the time it takes for the new server endpoint to be ready to use. When a new server endpoint is provisioned, it could take hours and sometime days for the server to be ready to use. With our latest improvements, weβve substantially shortened this duration, ensuring a more efficient setup process. The improvement applies to the following scenarios, when the server endpoint location is empty (no files or directories):
The Azure File Sync agent v18 release is no longer available due to the following security issue:Unauthorized users might be able to delete files in locations they donβt have access. For more information about this vulnerability, see CVE-2024-35253.This issue is fixed in the Azure File Sync agent v18.1 release.