PT-2021-3784
CVE-2021-36948
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Published
2021-08-10
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Updated
2026-08-10
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows Update Medic Service (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows Update Medic Service component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability allows attackers to affect the system.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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