HIGHCVSS 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-02-10Vulnerability

CVE-2021-36934

If a Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) shadow copy of the system drive is available, users can read the SAM file which would allow any user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level.

Properties

Euvd product
Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows 10 Version 20H2, Windows 10 Version 1909, Windows 10 Version 2004, Windows 10 Version 21H1
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First seen
2026-08-10T15:11:26+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.67252
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-02-24
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2022-02-10T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-02-10
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
7.8
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8

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