PT-2021-3755 · Microsoft · Windows

Omer Tsarfati · Published 2021-07-13 · Updated 2023-12-28 · CVE-2021-34466

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.6

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass in the Windows Hello facial recognition component, which is caused by weaknesses in the authorization mechanism. This can allow an attacker to bypass security mechanisms.

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

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04009

CVE-2021-34466

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34466 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-34466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04009 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34466 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-34466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/17776 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/true_secator/1917 · Telegram Post