CVE-2021-36968

Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 15, 2021
Updated: Aug 10, 2026
Reserved: Jul 19, 2021

Description

Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows 7Microsoft	6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.25712Affected
Windows 7 Service Pack 1Microsoft	6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.25712Affected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Microsoft	6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.25712Affected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.25712Affected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft	6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.21218Affected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.21218Affected

References

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