Exploitation Summary
CVE-2021-33771 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021.
Description
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-33771
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-33771
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0644
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV
2021-07-13
InTheWild.io
2021-07-13
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2021-20448
Status
published
Products (15)
microsoft/windows_10_1507
< 10.0.10240.19003
microsoft/windows_10_1607
< 10.0.14393.4530
microsoft/windows_10_1809
< 10.0.17763.2061
microsoft/windows_10_1909
< 10.0.18363.1679
microsoft/windows_10_2004
< 10.0.19041.1110
microsoft/windows_10_20h2
< 10.0.19042.1110
microsoft/windows_10_21h1
< 10.0.19043.1110
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_2004
< 10.0.19041.1110
... and 5 more
Published
Jul 14, 2021
KEV Added
Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026