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01 Record

CVE-2021-1636

Microsoft SQL Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

02 Description

Microsoft SQL Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
6.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-01-12 19:41Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-10-08 16:17Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-02
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
  • CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
cc7b9fa14269f88024309dd170d10b53168d7bf399f4c7a06fb38c7c244579ab

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 (QFE)11.0.0 to < publication32-bit Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 4 (QFE)11.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR)14.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (GDR)12.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (CU 4)12.0.0 to < publication32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 22)14.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (CU 15)13.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 8)16.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)15.0.0 to < publicationx64-based Systems

06 References