CVE-2021-42299
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42299- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29274
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-29274- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmfh-g64p-r63x
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-cmfh-g64p-r63x- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42299- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - 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-2021-42299 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Microsoft Surface Pro 3, published October 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.