CVE-2021-41365 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender for IoT. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 71/100, it is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. There is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and community discussion and media coverage are limited, with only one article mentioning it as part of a larger Patch Tuesday update.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_iot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.