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CVE-2021-27088:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2021-27088) was disclosed in April 2021 as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Windows including Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit, potentially resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The high CVSS score indicates that successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of the April 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. Users and administrators are advised to apply the security updates to affected systems (Microsoft Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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