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CVE-2021-42313

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42313 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender for IoT. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant media attention and community discussion, indicating a high level of awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_iot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0382 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Defender for IoTFixed in: 10.5.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2021-42313Important

Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 14, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42313
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-21-1555
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry