CVE-2021-38626 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00456.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.0.6003.0`	affected	< 6.0.6003.21218

Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.0.6003.0`	affected	< 6.0.6003.21218

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Server 2008 Subscribe Windows Server 2008 Sp2 Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25065	Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38626
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38626

History

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:6.0.6003.21218::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:6.0.6003.21218::::::x86:	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:::::::x64:*
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38626

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-09-15T11:23:50.000Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T15:10:46.755Z

Reserved: 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38626

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-15T12:15:14.197

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:02:28.070

Link: CVE-2021-38626

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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