2021-33780 | Microsoft Windows DNS Server Privilege Escalation

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7.7	$25k-$100k	0.50

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component DNS Server. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-33746, CVE-2021-33754, CVE-2021-34494, CVE-2021-34525.

The weakness was published 07/13/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-33780 since 05/28/2021. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 07/17/2021).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.7
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 8.8
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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com

05/28/2021 CVE assigned
07/13/2021 +46 days Advisory disclosed
07/13/2021 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
07/14/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/17/2021 +3 days VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-33780 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213

Created: 07/14/2021 08:17
Updated: 07/17/2021 10:18
Changes: (2) source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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