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CVE-2021-40464

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

8.0 High

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.55%Up 0.1 points since Oct 13, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.0

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-40464
CVSS 3.1
8.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27641 8.0

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
EUVD-2021-27641
CVSS 3.1
8.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7xq5-pv6v-gjv2 8.0

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
GHSA-7xq5-pv6v-gjv2
CVSS 3.1
8.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.0

Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-40464
CVSS 3.1
8.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.2 MediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2021-40464 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, published October 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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