CVE-2021-40470

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
16
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809+13 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

DirectX Graphics Kernel 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 Packages17 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201610.0.0 — 10.0.14393.4704
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0 — 10.0.17763.2237
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_202210.0.0 — 10.0.20348.288
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_150710.0.0 — 10.0.10240.19086
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_160710.0.0 — 10.0.14393.4704

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qcqv-2jp5-vprv: DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-10-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-10-12
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CVE-2021-40470 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation o | cvebase.io