CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-27070

7.3 HIGH Published 2021-03-11 Modified 2026-08-19 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2021-03-11
Last modified: 2026-08-19
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-732

Description

Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 20h2 • microsoft windows 10 2004 • microsoft windows server 2016 20h2 • microsoft windows server 2016 2004

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27070 msrc.microsoft.com
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27070 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-329/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry