CVE-2021-42297CWE-59

CVE-2021-42297

Medium · published November 24, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01442 · 73.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2021-11-24T06:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
microsoft/windows_10_update_assistantall versions—
References (3)
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42297 · [email protected]https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42297 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1334/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 NOV 01:05Z
    Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5