CVE-2021-36942High· 7.5▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildPoC availableWindows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 41.3 · likelihood 13.2 · exploitation 25 · ransomware 5
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 11.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021
Last analysed / modified upstream
66%
Metasploit ×1
Added to the CISA catalog on Nov 3, 2021. Federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021. View catalog ↗
Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability
windows_server_2004 < 10.0.19041.1165windows_server_2008windows_server_2008 = r2windows_server_2012windows_server_2012 = r2windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.4583windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.2114windows_server_20h2 < 10.0.19042.1165Upgrade past the affected range:
windows_server_2004 10.0.19041.1165windows_server_2016 10.0.14393.4583windows_server_2019 10.0.17763.2114windows_server_20h2 10.0.19042.1165Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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