CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-34471

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Aug 12, 2021 | Modified: Dec 28, 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

Microsoft Windows Defender 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
Malware_protection_engine Microsoft * 1.1.18400.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References