CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-38667

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Sep 15, 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

Windows Print Spooler 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 - (including) - (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 20h2 (including) 20h2 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 21h1 (including) 21h1 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1607 (including) 1607 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1809 (including) 1809 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1909 (including) 1909 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 2004 (including) 2004 (including)
Windows_7 Microsoft –sp1 (including) –sp1 (including)
Windows_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft –sp2 (including) –sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2-sp1 (including) r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft –r2 (including) –r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 20h2 (including) 20h2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 2004 (including) 2004 (including)
Windows_server_2019 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2022 Microsoft - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

References