CVE-2021-43883
published 2021-12-15CVE-2021-43883: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
PriorityP347high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
11.96%
95.7th percentile
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
52 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1507 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.10240.19145 | 10.0.10240.19145 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1607 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.14393.4825 | 10.0.14393.4825 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1809 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.2366 | 10.0.17763.2366 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1909 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.18363.1977 | 10.0.18363.1977 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_2004 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1415 | 10.0.19041.1415 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_20h2 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19042.1415 | 10.0.19042.1415 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_21h1 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19043.1415 | 10.0.19043.1415 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_21h2 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19044.1415 | 10.0.19044.1415 |
| microsoft | windows_11_version_21h2 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.376 | 10.0.22000.376 |
| 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 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_server | — | — |
| 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_2008_service_pack_2 | >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.6003.21309 | 6.0.6003.21309 |
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
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
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Microsoft
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2021-12-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-43883 [HIGH] Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Installer: Windows Installer
Microsoft: Microsoft
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:Yes;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=KB5008218
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5008218
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5008206
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5008212
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5008212
Reference: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5008223
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5008223
Refer
GHSA
GHSA-rxvx-2jq5-pc48: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16
CVE-2021-43883 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-rxvx-2jq5-pc48: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Krebs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2021 Edition
blogs_krebs·2021-12-14
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2021 Edition
Microsoft, Adobe, and Google all issued security updates to their products today. The Microsoft patches include six previously disclosed security flaws, and one that is already being actively exploited. But this month’s Patch Tuesday is overshadowed by the “Log4Shell” 0-day exploit in a popular Java library that web server administrators are now racing to find and patch amid widespread exploitation of the flaw.
Log4Shell is the name picked for a critical flaw disclosed Dec. 9 in the popular logging library for Java called “log4j,” which is included in a huge number of Java applications. Publicly released exploit code allows an attacker to force a server running a vulnerable log4j library to execute commands, such as downloading malicious software or opening a backdoor connection to the se
Krebs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2021 Edition
blogs_krebs·2021-12-14
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2021 Edition
Microsoft , Adobe , and Google all issued security updates to their products today. The Microsoft patches include six previously disclosed security flaws, and one that is already being actively exploited. But this month’s Patch Tuesday is overshadowed by the “ Log4Shell ” 0-day exploit in a popular Java library that web server administrators are now racing to find and patch amid widespread exploitation of the flaw.
Log4Shell is the name picked for a critical flaw disclosed Dec. 9 in the popular logging library for Java called “ log4j ,” which is included in a huge number of Java applications. Publicly released exploit code allows an attacker to force a server running a vulnerable log4j library to execute commands, such as downloading malicious software or opening a backdoor connection to
Tenable
Microsoft’s December 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 67 CVEs (CVE-2021-43890)
blogs_tenable·2021-12-14·CVSS 7.1
[HIGH] Microsoft’s December 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 67 CVEs (CVE-2021-43890)
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