CVE-2021-40489

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

0.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 57.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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.

Published

2021-10-13 00:27Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:44Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-02

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a1039ca8500c4b9001b96f4c24067981dff2fdff0d037e38f9a34029b475f8cd

• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40489x_refsource_MISC
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1156/x_refsource_MISC