Oct 2021: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-40450 Published on October 13, 2021
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 16, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-40450
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.17763.2237 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.17763.2237 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.17763.2237 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.18363.1854 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.19043.1288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.20348.288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.19041.1288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.19041.1288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.19042.1288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.19042.1288 is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below 10.0.22000.258 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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