CVE-2021-42280: Windows Feedback Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Category
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Exploitation Likelihood
- Less Likely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2021-Nov
- Released
- 2021-11-09
- EPSS Score
- 0.16% (percentile: 36.5%)
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker would only be able to delete targeted files on a system. They would not gain privileges to view or modify file contents.
Affected Products (26)
Windows
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)
- Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
- Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Security Updates (6)
Acknowledgments
Abdelhamid Naceri working with <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/">Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative</a>
Revision History
- 2021-11-09: Information published.