CVE-2021-27072
published 2021-04-13CVE-2021-27072: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.60%
45.0th percentile
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
30 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1507 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1607 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1803 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1809 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1909 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_2004 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_20h2 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_8.1 | >= 6.3.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | >= 6.2.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012_r2 | >= 6.3.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2019 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_version_2004 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_version_20h2 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| msrc | windows_10 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1607 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1803 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1809 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1909 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_2004 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_20h2 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_8.1 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_rt_8.1 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2012 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2012_r2 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvelistv57.0HIGH
vendor_msrc7.0HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-8mmc-r5c6-h963: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-27072
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2021-28310 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-8mmc-r5c6-h963: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-27072
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-27072.
GHSA
GHSA-vq5h-4x2p-5c7m: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28310
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-27072 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-vq5h-4x2p-5c7m: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28310
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28310.
CVEList
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
cvelistv5·2021-04-13·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2021-27072 [HIGH] Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2021-04-13·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2021-27072 [HIGH] Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Win32K: Windows Win32K
Microsoft: Microsoft
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation More Likely;Older Software Release:Exploitation More Likely;DOS:N/A
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5001339
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5001342
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5001342
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5001337
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5001337
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5001330
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5001330
Reference: https://cata
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2021-04-13·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Vanja Svajcer.
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 108 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, the most in any month so far this year.
Four new remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are included in today's security update. Microsoft disclosed multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server earlier this year that attackers were exploiting in the wild. Talos encourages everyone with an affected product to update as soon as possible if they have not already and put other mitigation strategies into place in the meantime. Users can also detect the exploitation of the previously disclosed vulnerabil
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2021-04-13·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Vanja Svajcer.
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 108 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, the most in any month so far this year.
Four new remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are included in today's security update. Microsoft disclosed multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server earlier this year that attackers were exploiting in the wild. Talos encourages everyone with an affected product to update as soon as possible if they have not already and put other mitigation strategies into place in the meantime. Users can also detect the exploitation of the previously disclosed vulnerabilities with Cisco Secure IPS.
The new vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed today are ide
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