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CVE-2021-42297 (GCVE-0-2021-42297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-24 01:05 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:27
VLAI
Title
Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Windows Update Assistant Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_10_update_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2021-11-16 08:00
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