CVE-2021-31979High· 7.8▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wild0dayPoC availableWindows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 42.9 · likelihood 0.9 · exploitation 25
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 10.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021
Last analysed / modified upstream
2.6%
2.6% → 4.5%
Exploit / PoC code exists
Added to the CISA catalog on Nov 3, 2021. Federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021. View catalog ↗
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.19003windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.4530windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.2061windows_10_1909 < 10.0.18363.1679windows_10_2004 < 10.0.19041.1110windows_10_20h2 < 10.0.19042.1110windows_10_21h1 < 10.0.19043.1110windows_7windows_8.1windows_rt_8.1windows_server_2004 < 10.0.19041.1110windows_server_2008windows_server_2008 = r2windows_server_2012windows_server_2012 = r2windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.4530windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.2061windows_server_20h2 < 10.0.19042.1110Upgrade past the affected range:
windows_10_1507 10.0.10240.19003windows_10_1607 10.0.14393.4530windows_10_1809 10.0.17763.2061windows_10_1909 10.0.18363.1679windows_10_2004 10.0.19041.1110windows_10_20h2 10.0.19042.1110windows_10_21h1 10.0.19043.1110windows_server_2004 10.0.19041.1110windows_server_2016 10.0.14393.4530windows_server_2019 10.0.17763.2061windows_server_20h2 10.0.19042.1110Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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