CVE-2021-31984: Power BI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.6)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Jul

Released

2021-07-13

Last Updated

2021-07-22

EPSS Score

3.46% (percentile: 87.5%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user import a specially crafted visual, such as a chart or a graph, and edit data within the visual.

Affected Products (1)

SQL Server

• Power BI Desktop

Security Updates (1)

• Details

Acknowledgments

Daniel Gonzalez , Carlos Alberca

Revision History

• 2021-07-13: Information published.
• 2021-07-22: In the Security Updates table, corrected the product affected by this vulnerability. The affected product is Power BI Desktop.