7.8highHigh
CVE-2021-38625
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Assigned by
- secure@microsoft.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008all versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.