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.
| 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:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.