CVE-2021-43211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00743.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows Update Assistant

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.0`	affected	< publication

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_10_update_assistant:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows 10 Update Assistant Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30155	Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43211
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43211

History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_10_update_assistant::::::::
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43211

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-11-24T01:05:14.000Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:27:07.721Z

Reserved: 2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43211

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:47:13.661Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-24T01:15:08.457

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:18:05.173

Link: CVE-2021-43211

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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