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CVE-2021-1732

Warning
Exploit

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

03.11.2021: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Description

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Required actions
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 89.81% 0.995
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 4.6 3.9 6.4
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
secure@microsoft.com 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.