CVE-2021-42293
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42293- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29268
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-29268- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pv66-8g6m-55pg
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege...
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-pv66-8g6m-55pg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42293- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2021-42293 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published December 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.05%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.