Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

cat cve-2021-31201.json

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Enhanced Cryptographic Provider
CVSS: 5.2
EPSS (exploit probability): 2.6%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): November 17, 2021
Published: November 3, 2021
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31201

Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2021-11-17.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.