CVE-2021-40441

HIGH

Windows Media Center - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Windows Media Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0070

EPSS Percentile 49.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Status published

Products (6)

microsoft/windows_7 sp1 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_8.1

microsoft/windows_rt_8.1

microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 sp1

microsoft/windows_server_2012

microsoft/windows_server_2012 r2

Published Dec 15, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026