2021-34512 | Microsoft Windows Storage Spaces Controller Privilege Escalation

By Max On Jul 17, 2021

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7.3	$25k-$100k	0.29

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Storage Spaces Controller. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Storage Spaces Controller Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-33751, CVE-2021-34460, CVE-2021-34510, CVE-2021-34513.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-34512 since 06/09/2021. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $25k-$100k 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.

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