CVE-2021-1678

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

10.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% 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:N/UI:R/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.

Published

2021-01-12 19:42Z5 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b59e956a9dda0372208a05efdd5d4b7fab0a8a492e51c2c4062b91b656fe24f4

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows Print Spooler Spoofing Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1678vendor-advisory
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1678x_refsource_MISC