CVE-2021-40455
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
5.5 Medium
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
0.56%Up 0.1 points since Oct 13, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-40455- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27632
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-27632- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3vqq-m58h-g5f5
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-3vqq-m58h-g5f5- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-40455- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows 7 service pack 1
- microsoft windows 8.1
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
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- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server version 2004
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
- microsoft windows rt 8.1
- microsoft windows server
- microsoft windows server 2008
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40455 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published October 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.