PT-2021-1541 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2021-01-12 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2021-1709

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the win32k component of the Windows operating system and is associated with insufficient access restrictions. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. It is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that allows attackers to affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00140

CVE-2021-1709

Affected Products

Windows

References · 10

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1709 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1709 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-1709 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1709 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1709 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00140 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/22021 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8813 · Telegram Post
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1709 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021011216 · Note