CVE-2021-43880: Windows Mobile Device Management 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

More Likely

Publicly Disclosed

Yes

Patch Tuesday

2021-Dec

Released

2021-12-14

EPSS Score

0.24% (percentile: 46.8%)

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 (2)

Windows

• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems

Security Updates (1)

• 5008215

Revision History

• 2021-12-14: Information published.