2021-34496 | Microsoft Windows GDI information disclosure

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4.3	$5k-$25k	0.47

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component GDI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The weakness was shared 07/13/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-34496 since 06/09/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (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.

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.5
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com

06/09/2021 CVE assigned
07/13/2021 +34 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-2021-34496 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Created: 07/14/2021 09:02
Updated: 07/17/2021 14:56
Changes: (2) source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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