Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5006670.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An     attacker can exploit this and bypass the security     feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising     the integrity of the system/application.
    (CVE-2021-40460, CVE-2021-41338, CVE-2021-41346)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2021-36953,     CVE-2021-40463)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2021-38662, CVE-2021-38663,     CVE-2021-40454, CVE-2021-40468, CVE-2021-40475,     CVE-2021-41332, CVE-2021-41343)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2021-26441, CVE-2021-26442, CVE-2021-40443,     CVE-2021-40449, CVE-2021-40450, CVE-2021-40464,     CVE-2021-40466, CVE-2021-40467, CVE-2021-40470,     CVE-2021-40476, CVE-2021-40477, CVE-2021-40478,     CVE-2021-40488, CVE-2021-40489, CVE-2021-41334,     CVE-2021-41335, CVE-2021-41339, CVE-2021-41345,     CVE-2021-41347, CVE-2021-41357)

  - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can     exploit this to perform actions with the privileges of     another user. (CVE-2021-36970, CVE-2021-40455)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-40461,     CVE-2021-40462, CVE-2021-40465, CVE-2021-41330,     CVE-2021-41331, CVE-2021-41340, CVE-2021-41342)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5006699. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
154033	KB5006670: Windows 10 Version 2004 / Windows 10 Version 20H2 / Windows 10 Version 21H1 October 2021 Security Update	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
154029	KB5006699: Windows Server 2022 Security Update (October 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2021-41357

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high