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CVE-2021-31208:
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Overview
Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2021-31208) was disclosed in May 2021 as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates. This vulnerability affects the Windows Container Manager Service and is one of several similar vulnerabilities discovered in this component (Trustwave Blog).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Elevation of Privilege issue in the Windows Container Manager Service. It was assigned an 'Important' severity rating by Microsoft, being part of a group of similar vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-31165, CVE-2021-31167, CVE-2021-31168, CVE-2021-31169) affecting the same component (Trustwave Blog).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability is part of Microsoft's May 2021 security updates, which addressed a total of 55 CVEs (Trustwave Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft addressed this vulnerability as part of their May 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are advised to apply the security updates provided by Microsoft to mitigate this vulnerability (Trustwave Blog).
Additional resources
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