PT-2021-2364 · Microsoft · Windows

Yuki Chen · Published 2021-03-09 · Updated 2023-12-29 · CVE-2021-26872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows operating system's Event Tracing component. It allows an attacker to potentially elevate their privileges.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-01602

CVE-2021-26872

Affected Products

Windows

References · 12

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-26872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26872 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26872 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-26872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26872 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-01602 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11182 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11368 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/24788 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/24777 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20726 · Telegram Post