CVE-2021-42282 is an Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Windows Server. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) of the system over the network with low attack complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention from security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
sp2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
sp2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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.