CVE-2021-38625: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
This Microsoft advisory covers CVE-2021-38625 in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation).
- CVE-2021-38625
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 7.8
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.21218; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.21218
- Fixed in
- 6.0.6003.21218
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation).
Text from the source record.
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.21218
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.21218
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2021-38625
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Microsoft:
- 6.0.6003.21218
End-of-life dates for Windows Server
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