CVE-2021-41334 — Windows Desktop Bridge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Executive Summary

None

Overview

7

CVSS HIGH

Important

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

Less Likely

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Elevation of Privilege

Released Oct 12 2021

Last Updated Oct 12 2021

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.0036 — 0.27621 percentile

NVD CVSS 7 HIGH — matches MSRC

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

ATTACK VECTOR

Local

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

High

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

Low

USER INTERACTION

None

SCOPE

Unchanged

CONFIDENTIALITY

High

INTEGRITY

High

AVAILABILITY

High

EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY

Unproven

REMEDIATION LEVEL

Official Fix

REPORT CONFIDENCE

Confirmed

Temporal Score: 6.1

EPSS Score

0.0036

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.27621 percentile - updated 2026-06-21

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Affected Products

13 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems	`5006674 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems	`5006674 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2022	`5006699 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)	`5006699 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)	`5006670 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes

Patches

3 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`5006670`	Security Update	Yes
`5006674`	Security Update	Yes
`5006699`	Security Update	Yes

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

Joe Bialek, MSRC Vulnerabilities and Mitigations Team

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD