CVE-2021-42312
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42312- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-2021-29287
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-29287- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-xg35-g9ff-2v9w
Microsoft Defender for IOT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for IOT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xg35-g9ff-2v9w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42312- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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-2021-42312 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Defender For Iot, published December 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.