CVE-2021-42314 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender for IoT. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage, primarily noted in Microsoft's December 2021 Patch Tuesday.
| 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.