CVE-2024-21436
Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.8)—
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.72%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 52
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (14)
Microsoft — Windows 10 1507Microsoft — Windows 10 1607Microsoft — Windows 10 1809Microsoft — Windows 10 21h2Microsoft — Windows 10 22h2Microsoft — Windows 11 21h2Microsoft — Windows 11 22h2Microsoft — Windows 11 23h2Microsoft — Windows Server 2008Microsoft — Windows Server 2012Microsoft — Windows Server 2016Microsoft — Windows Server 2019Microsoft — Windows Server 2022Microsoft — Windows Server 2022 23h2
CWEs
- CWE-284
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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