CVE-2021-27070
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-11 15:49
Modified
2024-08-03 20:40
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27070Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-329/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27070Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-329/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Server version 2004 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20H2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20H2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20H2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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