CVE-2021-34534: Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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-Aug
Released
2021-08-10
EPSS Score
2.30% (percentile: 84.7%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS, User Interaction is Required. What interaction would the user have to do? Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.

Affected Products (21)

Other

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Security Updates (5)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/guhe120">Yuki Chen</a>

Revision History

  • 2021-08-10: Information published.