PT-2021-6037

CVE-2021-34462

Published

2021-07-13

Updated

2023-12-28

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.0

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows AppX Deployment Extensions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access restrictions in Windows AppX Deployment Extensions, allowing an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. This can affect the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Ga1Ois

Tao Yan

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-296: Improper Following of a Certificate\'s Chain of Trust

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (\'Race Condition\')

CWE-294: Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

Related identifiers