PT-2021-5218 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2021-11-09 · Updated 2023-12-28 · CVE-2021-42288

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 errors in security settings of the Windows Hello component in the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality and integrity of protected information. A security-feature bypass issue 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.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-06020

CVE-2021-42288

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-42288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06020 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42288 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42288 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021110944 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32136 · Telegram Post