PT-2021-5698 · Microsoft · Windows Media Center+1

Published 2021-12-14 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-40441

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 Media Center (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows Media Center component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. It is an elevation-of-privilege issue that can affect the system.

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:2022-00137

CVE-2021-40441

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Center

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40441 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00137 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40441 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-40441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021121476 · Note