PT-2021-6970 · Microsoft · Windows

Jacob Lewellen + 1 · Published 2021-09-14 · Updated 2023-12-28 · CVE-2021-38630

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 Event Tracing service of the Windows operating system. It allows an attacker to elevate their privileges.

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

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02787

CVE-2021-38630

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02787 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38630 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/686780 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38630 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-38630 · Vendor Advisory