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 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 4 (QFE)11.0.0 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 2016 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (GDR)13.0.0 to < publicationUnknown
MicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (CU 4)12.0.0 to < publication32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comMicrosoft SQL Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1636
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1636