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CVE-2021-1675

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

85.3%Up 84.9 points since Jun 9, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.8

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-1675
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7142 7.8

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Record
EUVD-2021-7142
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwmm-qq95-vqhf 8.8

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
GHSA-vwmm-qq95-vqhf
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score

Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Record
CVE-2021-1675
Weakness
CWE-285
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.8

Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-1675
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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Public exploits

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Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitPrint Spooler Remote DLL Injection2021-06-08
PoC in GitHubcube0x0/CVE-2021-16752021-06-29
PoC in GitHubyu2u/CVE-2021-16752021-06-29
PoC in GitHubLaresLLC/CVE-2021-16752021-06-30
PoC in GitHubkondah/patch-cve-2021-16752021-06-30
PoC in GitHubcalebstewart/CVE-2021-16752021-07-01
PoC in GitHubcybersecurityworks553/CVE-2021-1675_PrintNightMare2021-07-01
PoC in GitHubevilashz/CVE-2021-1675-LPE-EXP2021-07-01
PoC in GitHubhlldz/CVE-2021-1675-LPE2021-07-01
PoC in GitHubpuckiestyle/CVE-2021-16752021-07-01
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Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubtanarchytan/CVE-2021-16752021-07-01
PoC in GitHubLeonidus0x10/CVE-2021-1675-SCANNER2021-07-02
PoC in GitHubcorelight/CVE-2021-16752021-07-02
PoC in GitHubkilltr0/CVE-2021-1675-PrintNightmare2021-07-02
PoC in GitHubkougyokugentou/CVE-2021-16752021-07-02
PoC in GitHubmrezqi/CVE-2021-1675_CarbonBlack_HuntingQuery2021-07-02
PoC in GitHubptter23/CVE-2021-16752021-07-02
PoC in GitHubthomasgeens/CVE-2021-16752021-07-02
PoC in GitHubinitconf/cve-2021-1675-printnightmare2021-07-03
PoC in GitHubozergoker/PrintNightmare2021-07-03
PoC in GitHubexploitblizzard/PrintNightmare-CVE-2021-16752021-07-04
PoC in GitHubedsonjt81/CVE-2021-16752021-07-05
PoC in GitHubsailay1996/PrintNightmare-LPE2021-07-05
PoC in GitHubJumpsecLabs/PrintNightmare2021-07-07
PoC in GitHubbartimusprimed/CVE-2021-1675-Yara2021-07-08
PoC in GitHubk8gege/cve-2021-16752021-07-11

Plus 23 more. The full list has every link.

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
exploitation
exploits, exploits_more
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-1675 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows, published June 8, 2021. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.3%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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