PT-2021-6279 · Microsoft · Powershell

Young Min Kim · Published 2021-12-14 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2021-43896

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to errors in the representation of information by the user interface of the PowerShell interpreter. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to conduct spoofing attacks.

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

UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-451

Related Identifiers

AZL-7049

BDU:2022-01232

BIT-POWERSHELL-2021-43896

CVE-2021-43896

Affected Products

Powershell

References · 9

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-powershell-2021-43896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01232 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-7049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43896 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021121491 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/34038 · Telegram Post