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Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2021-36934

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists because of overly permissive Access Control Lists (ACLs) on multiple system files, including the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. An attacker must have the ability to execute code on a victim system to exploit this vulnerability. After installing this security update, you must manually delete all shadow copies of system files, including the SAM database, to fully mitigate this vulnerabilty. Simply installing this security update will not fully mitigate this vulnerability. See KB5005357- Delete Volume Shadow Copies.

CISA KEV SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:67.25%
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Attack Surface
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1220 ↗CWE-1220 (via CISA KEV)

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.2114 (affected)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.2114 (affected)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 10.0.0 < 10.0.18363.1734 (affected)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1165 (affected)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 10.0.0 < 10.0.19042.1165 (affected)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1 10.0.0 < 10.0.19043.1165 (affected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
EPSS Score
67.252%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityMicrosoft Corporation · Vendor · USA
Reserved2021-07-19T00:00:00
Published2021-07-22T07:05:12
Patch Date2021-07-20
Last Updated2026-08-10T15:11:26

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