CVE-2021-36948
ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-23524 ↗
Exploited in the Wild
✓ Confirmed 0-Day
★ Google Project Zero
Triaged: March 5, 2026
2 articles
Published: 2021-08-12
EPSS Score
Source: FIRST.org · 2026-05-23
1.05%
probability
This CVE has a 1.05% probability
of being exploited in the next 30 days.
0%
Top 77.8th percentile of all CVEs
100%
CVSS v3.1
Source: VulnerabilityLookup (CIRCL)7.8
HIGH
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Temporal
Exploit Code Maturity
Functional
Remediation Level
Official Fix
Report Confidence
Confirmed
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v2 (legacy)
4.6
MEDIUM
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
NVDWindows Update Medic Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected Products
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1809
10.0.0
Microsoft
Windows Server 2019
10.0.0
Microsoft
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
10.0.0
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1909
10.0.0
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 21H1
10.0.0
Google Project Zero
Patched
Aug. 11, 2021
Reported by
Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)/ Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
Root Cause Analysis
???
Signal Intelligence
Confidence
95%
EPSS
1.05%
CVSS v3.1
7.8
Mentions
2
Last Seen
Nov 09, 2021
CNA Information
CNA Assigner
microsoft
CNA Title
Windows Update Medic Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Analyst Note
Auto-imported from Google Project Zero — confirmed zero-day by definition.
Triage Info
Decided atMar 05, 2026
Published DateAug 12, 2021