Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2021-1651
Published: January 12, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49470
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1651
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Windows
Windows Server
Visual Studio
Windows
Windows Server
Visual Studio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1651
Install updates from vendor's website.