Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2021-28351

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2021-28351

Published: April 13, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52122
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28351
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 Windows Speech Runtime, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2021-28351

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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