NewA calmer, faster ZeroHour — security assessments on articles, story timelines and search from any page.

CVE-2021-1709

CVSS 3.1: 7.0 high
EPSS: <1%p54
Published: Jan 12, 2021 · Jan 12, 2021
Modified: Jun 17, 2026

Analyze CVE-2021-1709 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation status, mitigations and detection

Description · NVD

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendors: microsoft

Products: windows 10, windows 7, windows 8.1, windows rt 8.1, windows server 2008, windows server 2012, windows server 2016, windows server 2019

Weakness: CWE-269

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.8%)

In the news

3 stories

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2021 Edition

Krebs on SecurityJan 15, 00:00 UTC · Jan 15, 2021VulnerabilityExploitedCVE-2021-1647 CVE-2020-1660 CVE-2019-1409+42 · 1 read

60

Microsoft Fixes Windows Defender Zero

Infosecurity MagazineJan 13, 11:20 UTC · Jan 13, 2021Exploit / PoCExploitedCVE-2021-1647 CVE-2021-1648 CVE-2021-1666+22 · 1 read

60

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Jan. 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Cisco TalosJan 12, 18:48 UTC · Jan 12, 2021VulnerabilityCVE-2021-1647 CVE-2021-1707 CVE-2021-1709+41 · 1 read

60