CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-42286

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 10, 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 Core Shell SI Host Extension Framework for Composable Shell 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 (including) 20h2 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 21h1 (including) 21h1 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 2004 (including) 2004 (including)
Windows_server Microsoft 20h2 (including) 20h2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft 2004 (including) 2004 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References