CVE-2021-34486

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

Description

Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/12/2021

Last Modified10/30/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductWindows

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Windows Event Tracing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-03-28

Remediation Due Date2022-04-18

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_10_1809microsoft:windows_10_1909microsoft:windows_10_2004microsoft:windows_10_20h2microsoft:windows_10_21h1microsoft:windows_server_2004microsoft:windows_server_2019microsoft:windows_server_20h2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416CWE-416

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-34486(secure@microsoft.com)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-34486(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-34486(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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