Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-40449
Microsoft Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation Vuln - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 13, 2021, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 24, 2024, 5:07 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Unspecified vulnerability allows for an authenticated user to escalate privileges.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-40449 has a 37 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-40449 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_7
3 Microsoft windows_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
5 Microsoft windows_server_2008
6 Microsoft windows_server_2012
7 Microsoft windows_server_2016
8 Microsoft windows_server_2019
9 Microsoft windows_server
10 Microsoft windows_10_1607
11 Microsoft windows_10_1809
12 Microsoft windows_10_20h2
13 Microsoft windows_server_2022
14 Microsoft windows_11_21h2
15 Microsoft windows_11
16 Microsoft windows_10_1507
17 Microsoft windows_10_21h1
18 Microsoft windows_10_1909
19 Microsoft windows_server_20h2
20 Microsoft windows_10_2004
21 Microsoft windows_server_2004
22 Microsoft windows_server_2012_r2
23 Microsoft windows_server_2008_r2
24 Microsoft windows_server_2008_sp2
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 24
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-40449.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164926/Win32k-NtGdiResetDC-Use-After-Free-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40449 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Cruxer8Mech/Idk

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.
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SultanPLX/SamuelTulach_voidmap

Using CVE-2021-40449 to manual map kernel mode driver

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2024, 8:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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NaInSec/CVE-PoC-in-GitHub

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

poc proofofconcept tester allcve cvegithub cvenew cvepoc cveupdate

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.
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zecool/cve

None

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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kdandy/WinPwn

Automation for internal Windows Penetrationtest / AD-Security

adsecurity automation exploitation pentest-tool pentesting powershell recon redteam

Shell PowerShell

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 1, 2024, 4:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.
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txuswashere/Cybersecurity-Handbooks

Cybersecurity-Handbooks

attack-defense cybersec cybersecurity cybersecurity-education cybersecurity-tools cybersecurity-training reconnaissance cloud cryptography forensics osint password reverse-engineering wireless wireless-security

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2024, 10:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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lions2012/Penetration_Testing_POC

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.
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emtee40/win-pwn

None

Shell PowerShell

Updated: 11 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 24, 2023, 1:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.
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hktalent/bug-bounty

bounty collection

Shell Python Dockerfile Ruby JavaScript ASP.NET Classic ASP HTML PHP Jupyter Notebook

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
26 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 11, 2023, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.
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End-Satan/Viper

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 1, 2023, 3:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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toanthang1842002/CVE-2021-40449

None

C++

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2023, 4:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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WhooAmii/POC_to_review

None

Updated: 7 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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xuetusummer/Penetration_Testing_POC

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 2 months ago
6 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 270 different CVEs too.
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DipeshGarg/Shell-Scripts

Some of my personal automation shell scripts.

Shell

Updated: 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 14, 2022, 6:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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Classichack169/Viper

None

Updated: 2 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 14, 2022, 3:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-40449 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-40449 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.19086 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.4704 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.2237 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.18363.1854 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19041.1288 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19041.1288 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19041.1288 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22000.258 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19041.1288 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.4704 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.2237 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.288 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19042.1288
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-416
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-40450, CVE-2021-41357. Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Added CVSS V3.1 Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164926/Win32k-NtGdiResetDC-Use-After-Free-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164926/Win32k-NtGdiResetDC-Use-After-Free-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164926/Win32k-NtGdiResetDC-Use-After-Free-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40449 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40449 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-40449 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-40449 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.04%

score

0.59904

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
: