CVE-2021-26863

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Una Vulnerabilidad de Elevación de Privilegios de Windows Win32k. Este ID de CVE es diferente de CVE-2021-26875, CVE-2021-26900, CVE-2021-27077

Microsoft Windows kernel suffers from a use-after-free of the PDEVOBJ object via a race condition vulnerability in NtGdiGetDeviceCapsAll.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-02-08 CVE Reserved
2021-03-11 CVE Published
2024-07-14 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161768/Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-NtGdiGetDeviceCapsAll-Race-Condition-Use-After-Free.html	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-26863	2023-12-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "20h2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1803 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1803"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1809"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1909"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				2004 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "2004"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "20h2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "1909"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				2004 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "2004"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019"				-		-		Affected