Nov 2021: Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-42278 Published on November 10, 2021

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services contains an unspecified vulnerability which allows for privilege escalation.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 2, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.


Products Associated with CVE-2021-42278

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2019: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2022: Microsoft Windows Server version 2004: Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2: Microsoft Windows Server 2016: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2012: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation):

Exploit Probability

EPSS
94.07%
Percentile
99.90%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.