CVE-2021-26431: Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Aug

Released

2021-08-10

EPSS Score

0.39% (percentile: 59.7%)

Affected Products (11)

Other

• 11896
• 11897
• 11898
• 11766
• 11767
• 11768
• 11769
• 11800
• 11801
• 11802
• 11803

Security Updates (1)

• 5005033

Acknowledgments

Abdelhamid Naceri (halov) working with <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/">Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative</a>

Revision History

• 2021-08-10: Information published.