CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1642

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jan 12, 2021 | Modified: Dec 29, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_10 Microsoft 20h2 20h2
Windows_10 Microsoft 1607 1607
Windows_10 Microsoft 1803 1803
Windows_10 Microsoft 1809 1809
Windows_10 Microsoft 1909 1909
Windows_10 Microsoft 2004 2004
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft - -
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 20h2 20h2
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 1909 1909
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 2004 2004
Windows_server_2019 Microsoft - -

Potential Mitigations

References