Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Defender for IoT - CVE-2021-42312

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Defender for IoT - CVE-2021-42312

Published: December 14, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58919
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-2021-42312
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Defender for IoT

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 Microsoft Defender for IoT, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-42312

Install updates from vendor's website.

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