CVE-2021-43245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Digital TV Tuner Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:::::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x86:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43245

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00199}`	epss `{'score': 0.0015}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-12-15T14:15:25

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:27.398Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-43245

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-15T15:15:10.503

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:28:55.613

Link: CVE-2021-43245

Redhat

No data.

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