CVE-2021-41357 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since April 25, 2022.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 2004 Windows 10 20h2 Windows 10 20h2 Windows 10 21h1 Windows 10 21h1 Windows 11 21h2 Windows 11 21h2 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 20h2 Windows Server 20h2

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-41357

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-04-25'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-10-13T00:28:21.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T15:46:18.374Z

Reserved: 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41357

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:08:32.278Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-10-13T01:15:13.950

Modified: 2025-03-07T21:54:07.007

Link: CVE-2021-41357

Redhat

No data.

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