CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-26866

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.12%

63th percentile - higher than 63% of all known CVEs

Summary

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Update Service. Allows an attacker to gain higher privileges on the system.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation and full system compromise.

Recommendation

Apply security patches for Windows Update Service.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Windows Update Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS