CVE-2021-40441

published 2021-12-15

CVE-2021-40441: Windows Media Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority P3 38 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Windows Media Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

19 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_7	—	—
microsoft	windows_7	>= 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.25796	6.1.7601.25796
microsoft	windows_7_service_pack_1	>= 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.25796	6.1.7601.25796
microsoft	windows_8.1	>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.9600.20207	6.3.9600.20207
microsoft	windows_server_2008	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1	>= 6.0.0 < 6.1.7601.25796	6.1.7601.25796
microsoft	windows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1	>= 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.25796	6.1.7601.25796
microsoft	windows_server_2012	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2012	>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.9200.23545	6.2.9200.23545
microsoft	windows_server_2012	>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.9200.23540	6.2.9200.23540
microsoft	windows_server_2012_r2	>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.9600.20207	6.3.9600.20207
msrc	windows_7_for_32-bit_systems_service_pack_1	—	—
msrc	windows_7_for_x64-based_systems_service_pack_1	—	—
msrc	windows_8.1_for_32-bit_systems	—	—
msrc	windows_8.1_for_x64-based_systems	—	—
msrc	windows_rt_8.1	—	—
msrc	windows_server_2008_r2_for_x64-based_systems_service_pack_1	—	—
msrc	windows_server_2012	—	—
msrc	windows_server_2012_r2	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_msrc 7.8 HIGH

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