CVE-2021-38638 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
21
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809+18 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages21 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_76.1.0 — 6.1.7601.25712
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_8.16.3.0 — 6.3.9600.20120
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_20126.2.0 — 6.2.9200.23462
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201610.0.0 — 10.0.14393.4651
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0 — 10.0.17763.2183

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wwhr-5q8q-3gmc: Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-38628↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-09-14
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