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CVE-2021-36934

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Published: Jul 22, 2021Modified: Feb 25, 2026CISA KEV

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD (Secondary)

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists because of overly permissive Access Control Lists (ACLs) on multiple system files, including the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p> <p>An attacker must have the ability to execute code on a victim system to exploit this vulnerability.</p> <p>After installing this security update, you <em>must</em> manually delete all shadow copies of system files, including the SAM database, to fully mitigate this vulnerabilty. <strong>Simply installing this security update will not fully mitigate this vulnerability.</strong> See <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/topic/1ceaa637-aaa3-4b58-a48b-baf72a2fa9e7">KB5005357- Delete Volume Shadow Copies</a>.</p>

Affected (5)

5 products
Windows 10 1809
Windows 10 1909
Windows 10 2004
Windows 10 20h2
Windows 10 21h1
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 10.0.17763.2114
Before 10.0.18363.1734
Before 10.0.19041.1165
Before 10.0.19042.1165
Before 10.0.19043.1165

References (6)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

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