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CVE-2021-1672

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1672 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Projected File System (ProjFS) filter driver, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality impact without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage during its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1809CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1909CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Jan/CVE-2021-1672Important

Windows Projected File System FS Filter Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Jan 12, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1672
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1672