CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-34487

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Aug 12, 2021 | Modified: Dec 16, 2025
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
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Windows Event Tracing 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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_10Microsoft20h2 (including)20h2 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft21h1 (including)21h1 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1607 (including)1607 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1809 (including)1809 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1909 (including)1909 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft2004 (including)2004 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft20h2 (including)20h2 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft2004 (including)2004 (including)
Windows_server_2019Microsoft- (including)- (including)

Potential Mitigations

References