Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Windows Server - CVE-2021-42282

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Windows Server - CVE-2021-42282

Published: November 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58033
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42282
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Active Directory Domain Services, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2021-42282

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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